Letters

01 August 1935
Comments Letters SIRS,--There is a remarkable drop in t h e numbers of Swallows, Martins and Swifts in Shropshire this year. Several of t h e usual nesting places are void of birds. One or two pairs of Swifts nest regularly in t h e roof of m y house ; this year there are...
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Notes

01 August 1935
Comments Notes WHEN staying with Capt. J. A. R. Macdonald at Balranald, in North Uist, in spring, 1935, I discovered a large " roost " of Twites (Carduelis f. bensonorum). This was in a plantation of willow trees near Balranald House, about a hundred yards long by fort...
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Recovery of Marked Birds

01 August 1935
Comments Main paper Almondbank (Perth.), 20.8.34, Dumfries., --.12.34, by M. by Lord Mansfield. Williamson. Leswalt (Wigtown.), 6.3.34, by Loch Spynie (Moray.), J. Law. 16.2.35, by J- B. Dunbar. Ditto 9-3-34- Dovre, Opland, Norway, 2 9-4-35> by Zool. Mus., Oslo. Ditto 8.3.3...
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