Search

Snipe and Redshank Nesting in Sussex

01 December 1963 Comments Main paper in Ms excellent work The Birds of Sussex, published nearly a quarter of a century ago, thus summarizes the status of the Common Snipe in the county as a breeding species : " The Snipe breeds sparingly in Sussex, b u t the nest has been found now and then ... Read More

Recovery of Marked Birds

01 November 1939 Comments Main paper Oundle (Northants), 12.1.39 [62 m. W.]. Great Ouse Estuary (Nor folk), 21.1.39 [25 m. W.]. Saltmills (Wexford), 5.2.39. Kalinin, West Russia, 15.9.38 [56°52'N., 36°E.]. Mouth of R. Welland (Lines), 24.12.38 [76 m. NW.].Saltash (Cornwall), 12.1.39 [9... Read More

Observation on Swallows and House-Martins at the Nest

01 November 1939 Comments Main paper RECENT studies of the parental care by African Hinindinidae and Swifts have suggested that, in addition to specific differences in the share taken by the sexes, certain rhythms of the behaviour may be specific, especially the favourite duration of the in... Read More

Reviews

01 November 1939 Comments Reviews Report of Marlborough College Natural History Society, 1938. T H E number of bird-observers this year is low, b u t we may hope t h a t this is only a temporary fluctuation. A very late Willow-Warbler is recorded for November oth, a Greenshank was seen in... Read More