Letters

01 July 1954
Comments Letters SIRS,--Records of Scaup (Aythya marila) appearing inland in Yorkshire this winter (1953-54) have been unusually numerous and I should be interested to know if these occurrences have been peculiar to Yorkshire only or whether this species has been recorded...
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Request for information

01 July 1954
Comments Editorials Large passage of Black Terns.--In 1946, 1948, 1949 and 1950 interesting spring passages of Black Terns (Chlidonias niger) were noted in the British Isles, and the records were summarized and discussed in British Birds (antea, vol. xl, pp. 24-26, 93 and 37...
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Reviews

01 July 1954
Comments Reviews The Birds of Kent. By James M. Harrison. (Witherby, London, 1953). 2 vols. ^J8.8.o. IN addition to his own observations and those of numerous correspondents, Dr. Harrison includes practically everything that has been published relating to Kentish birds. T...
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Notes

01 July 1954
Comments Notes Baginton near Coventry on January i 5 t h - i 7 t h , 1953, Mr. G. H . Forster and I observed a drake Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca carolinensis) a m o n g the large flock of common Teal (A. c. crecca) that regularly winter there. The bird was watched fo...
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Protocalliphora in birds nests

01 July 1954
Comments Main paper DIPTEROUS flies of the genus Protocalliphora belong- to the Calliphoridae, a family in which most species are carrion-feeders. In this genus the larvae are ecto-parasites of nestling birds. The adult flies lay eggs in birds' nests and when the larvae hatc...
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Letters

01 September 1953
Comments Letters SIRS,--In the Vosges mountains in France during the first World War earthenware pots especially designed for sparrows to nest in were to be seen on the walls of a great many farms and I have no doubt the practice still persists. These served a double purp...
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