Notes

01 June 1939
Comments Notes THE recent note about Blackbirds (Turius m. merula) feeding on small fish (antea, Vol. XXXII, p. 397) recalls to me that six or seven years ago I watched a pair take repeatedly small tadpoles from a shallow bay of the Little Exe, above Dulverton. Both bir...
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Cliff-Breeding in the House-Martin

01 June 1939
Comments Main paper IN response to the editorial appeal (antea, Vol. XXXII, p, 118) for information on cliff-breeding in the House-Martin (Delichon u, urbica) a number of observers have sent in records. From these it is obvious that breeding under natural conditions is far m...
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Notes

01 May 1939
Comments Notes IN May, 1937, I watched a hen Blackbird (Turdus m. merula) at the weir at Cropston Reservoir, Leicestershire, catching what I took to be minnows, but they may have been sticklebacks. The fish had been stranded in small shallow pools and were swimming abo...
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Birds of Inner London

01 May 1939
Comments Main paper Mr. O. Addison saw a Hooded Crow (Corvus c. comix) with some Carrion-Crows on November 21st in Regent's Park. It remained several days and was reported to be there on the 26th by Mr. C. M. Swaine. On May 8th Mr. K. Piercy and two other observers found the...
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