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01 July 1958 Comments Notes Magpie burying and recovering food.--With reference to the note by Derek Goodwin on " J a y s and Carrion Crows recovering hidden food" (antea, vol. xlviii, pp. 181-183) and other comparable observations, a note on this habit in the Magpie (Pica pica) may...

The Moult migration of the Shelduck from Cheshire in 1957

01 July 1958 Comments Main paper IN 1957, observations were made for the eighth year in succession on the departure flights of Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) from the River Mersey estuary at W e s t o n , near Runcorn, Cheshire, and details are given in Table I. The moult migration in 1955 a...

Photographic studies of some Less Familiar birds: XC. Frigate Petrel

01 July 1958 Comments Main paper (Plates 41-44) ACCORDING to The Handbook two specimens of the Frigate Petrel (Pelagodroma marina), or White-faced Storm Petrel as it is called in the regions where it breeds, have occurred in Britain. One was found dead at Walney Island, Lancashire, in No...

Mortality of Kittiwakes during the breeding season

01 July 1958 Comments Main paper (Department of Zoology, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth) In connection with the survey of winter wrecks of Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) (see pp. 253-266) it is of interest to note that several instances of mass mortality have occurred in recent ...

The wreck of Kittiwakes in Early 1957

01 July 1958 Comments Main paper T H E KITTIWAKE (Rissa tridactyla) is an oceanic bird which breeds along the North Atlantic shores, down to about 40Â°N. At the end of the breeding season the birds move out to the open Atlantic and during the winter months they are found chiefly betwee...

Recent reports and news

01 July 1958 Comments News and comment The items here are largely unchecked reports, and must not be regarded as authenticated, records. They are selected, on the present writers' judgment alone, from sources generally found to be reliable. Observers' names are usually omitted for reasons of s...

Reviews

01 July 1958 Comments Reviews By E. A. R. ENNION. (Penguin Books, "Puffin Picture B o o k s " , Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1958). 31 p a g e s ; coloured and black-and-white illustrations by the author. 3s. 6d. Bird Study in a Garden has been written with the intent of encouraging- yo...

Letters

01 December 1937 Comments Letters SIRS,--In his article (antea, p . 137) Mr. George Brown notes t h a t a Robin {Erithacus r. melophilus) "appeared t o take quite an interest in the Blackbird's efiorts" before a looking-glass, b u t itself never displayed. Since I read this article a Robi...

Reviews

01 December 1937 Comments Reviews More Songs of Wild Birds. By E. M. Nicholson and Ludwig Koch. (H. F . & G. Witherby.) Gramophone Records and Illustrated. 15s. PERHAPS the best thing t h a t can be said of these three new double records of British Bird songs is t h a t they are even bett...

Notes

01 December 1937 Comments Notes I FIRST noticed a Sky-Lark (Alauda a. arvensis) building amongst rough grass on the West Lancashire Golf Course on June 12th, 1937. The nest then consisted of a hollow in black earth with a partial rim and bottom lining of dry grass, Once when the hen wa...

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The Moult migration of the Shelduck from Cheshire in 1957

Photographic studies of some Less Familiar birds: XC. Frigate Petrel

Mortality of Kittiwakes during the breeding season

The wreck of Kittiwakes in Early 1957

Recent reports and news

Reviews

Letters

Reviews

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