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01 June 1963 Comments Letters SIRS,--Having paid some attention to t h e manner in which t h e face of t h e Rook becomes bare, I m a y state t h a t in t h e main m y observations a n d specimens confirm Mr. Witherby's conclusions. But, with regard to this species n o t breeding in t...

Notes

01 June 1963 Comments Notes IN August I received a letter from Mr. A. C. Theron dated from " Riet Vallei, District Lindley, O.F.S." stating that a Swallow had been captured bearing a ring with my name and address. As Mr. Theron gave neither the number of the ring nor the date of cap...

Recovery of Marked Birds.

01 June 1963 Comments Main paper T H E annual article reporting progress for 1913 will appear, it is hoped, in the n e x t number. The following have kindly sent in subscriptions towards the expenses of the Marking Scheme since t h e last acknowledgment was made :-- Miss C. M. Acland, Mr...

The Red-Throated Diver in its Breeding-Haunts.

01 June 1963 Comments Main paper And if the birds are silent, there is the hum of insectlife, and the thousand and one indefinable sounds which make summer. But the locality chosen by the Red-throated Diver (Gavia stellata) for the up-bringing of its young, is remote from man, and pervad...

Report of the bird-ringing committee: progress for 1937

01 April 1938 Comments Main paper the period now under review, on June ist, 1937, the control of the former British Birds Marking Scheme was transferred to the Bird-Ringing Committee appointed for the purpose by the British Trust for Ornithology, under arrangements which have already been...

The index of Heron population, 1937

01 April 1938 Comments Main paper FOR the fourth year in succession* we were able in 1937 to keep accurate record of the fortunes of a large part of the breeding population of Herons {Ardea c. cinerea). It can hardly be said that the results have been dramatic. In England and Wales as a w...

Black Redstart breeding in an Eastern county of England

01 April 1938 Comments Main paper (Plate 13.) IT is only comparatively recently that the breeding of the Black Redstart (Phtznicurus 0. gibraltariensis) in the British Isles has been authentically recorded. During the spring and summer of 1937 a number of observers had the good fortune to...

Letters

01 April 1938 Comments Letters SIRS,--Since a t one or two widely separated localities in t h e Midlands this bird appears t o be on t h e increase, a n d in places is actually re-establishing itself after years of absence, i t h a s been thought desirable t o hold a thorough inquiry i...

Reviews

01 April 1938 Comments Reviews Handbuch der Deutschen Vogelkunde. Edited by G. Niethammer. Bd. i . Passeres (Leipzig : Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, 1937). T H E late Ernst Hartert was so impressed with t h e plan of the Practical Handbook t h a t after this had been taken in hand h...

Notes

01 April 1938 Comments Notes I FIND that Mr. H. G. Alexander's Chart of Bird-Song (antea, Vol. XXIX, p. 194) has no record of the song of the Grey Wagtail (Motacilla c. cinerea) between mid-January and mid-March. The report of a song which I heard at 5.20 p.m. on February 24th, 1938...

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Letters

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Recovery of Marked Birds.

The Red-Throated Diver in its Breeding-Haunts.

Report of the bird-ringing committee: progress for 1937

The index of Heron population, 1937

Black Redstart breeding in an Eastern county of England

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Reviews

Notes

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