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01 September 1943 Comments Letters SIRS --It was with very great interest t h a t I read the articles on incubation in the June and July numbers by Col. Ryves and Mr. Tucker. From reading these articles I realised t h a t I must have had a quite unique experience regarding incubation by th...

Nest-Site Selection by birds

01 September 1943 Comments Main paper T H E late F . C. R. Jourdain writing on " Our Present Knowledge of the Breeding-Biology of B i r d s " (antea, Vol. xxiv, p. 135) remarked : "Every detail of the life of the bird is important. For example most valuable and interesting light is thrown on ...

The Migration of the Sandwich Tern

01 September 1943 Comments Main paper the period 1909-1942 young of the Sandwich Tern (Sterna s. sanivicensis) were ringed in the British Isles to the number of 17,987. Three colonies on the north coast of Norfolk have together made the largest contribution to this total, followed in order of...

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Nest-Site Selection by birds

The Migration of the Sandwich Tern

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