Reviews

01 March 1938 Comments Reviews Report on the Birds of Warwickshire, Worcestershire and S. Staffordshire, 1936. Prepared under the direction of the Birmingham Bird Club. is. 6d. (H. G. Alexander, 144, Oak Tree Lane, Birmingham, 29.) T H I S , t h e third annual, Report is an advance on...
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Notes

01 March 1938 Comments Notes I HAVE paid particular attention to the singing of Crossbills (Loxia c. curvirostra) for some years, on and off, and I find that the song can be divided into four main varieties. In attempting to describe these songs below, I use the two sound descriptio...
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Recovery of marked birds

01 March 1938 Comments Main paper Longtown (Cumb), 1.3.33, b y Stamford Bridge W. Bell. 27.12.37.25.11.36. 5.1.37. 26.12.36. 30.11.36. 13.12.36. 26.10.35. 27.11.36. 30.12.36. 9.11.36. 14.12.35. 14.12.36. 28.12.35. 28.11.36. 19.11.37. 18.11.35. 19.11.36. 10.12.36. 27.12.35. 13.12.35. 24.9...
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Review

01 June 1933 Comments Reviews Northward Hot--for Birds. By Ralph Chislctt. Illustrated. (Country Life, Ltd.) 15s. net. MR. CHISLETT'S photographs, of which he has given us a very fine and generous selection in this beautiful quarto volume, seem to us perfect. There are altogether eigh...
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Notes

01 June 1933 Comments Notes O N April 8th, 1933, the Blackbird which sings from the apex of our cottage on Skokholm Island, Pembrokeshire, was displaced by a small finch whose song I have never heard before. It was linnet-like, but much fainter, and I put down the notes " tu-tee, t...
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