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01 May 1943 Comments Notes 1942 I had excellent opportunities of observing the birds which frequent the southern shores of Ayr Bay, between the mouth of the river Doon and the Heads of Ayr. As a result I have been able to add three new birds to the Ayrshire list, and I include one...

Recovery of Marked Birds

01 May 1943 Comments Main paper Longridge (Lancs), 21.3.42. Hartshorne (Derby) 25.4.42. OkL Buckenham (Norfolk), 5-M*Meare (Som), 25.1.42. Oskarstrom (Hailand), Sweden, 28.3.42. Ely (Cambs), 13.11.42. St. Biazey (Comwall), i r . 1.42. Farnborough (Hants), 23.3.42. Nethera von (Wilts) Ro...

The Aerodynamics of the Drumming of the Common Snipe

01 May 1943 Comments Main paper has been written concerning the drumming of the Common Snipe (Capella g, gaUittago), and the fact that it is caused by the Vibration of the outer pair of tail-feathers, accompanied by the quivering of the wings, has long been well known; the aerodynamics ...

Notes on Breeding of Black Redstarts in Kent

01 February 1941 Comments Main paper IN the summer of 1940 I was fortunate enough to be able to make some observations on two pairs of Black Redstarts (Phasnicurus o. gibraltariensis), which I found breeding in the Medway area in Kent. I watched the first pair ("A") as often as possible and ...

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01 January 1941 Comments Notes ON November 2nd, 1940, in a field with small trees at the edge of a wood near Potter's Bar, I was fortunate enough to have an opportunity of watching a bird, which was evidently a Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor). The bird flew to the top of a bare hawt...

Recovery of Marked Birds

01 January 1941 Comments Main paper Thornton - le - dale (Yorks), Bedlington (Northumb), 4.1.39, by R. M. Garnett. 7-3-4°Wetherby (Yorks), 30.1.2.39, by Preston (Lanes), --.2.40. Bootham School. Gt. Budworth (Ches), 12.11.38, Grantham (Lines), Spring, by A. W. Boyd. 194°Ditto 22.11.37. M...

Some Notes on the Scottish Crested Tit

01 January 1941 Comments Main paper THESE notes on the Scottish Crested Tit (Parus c. scoticus) are supplementary to those already published by Winifred M. Ross [i] and D. Nethersole-Thompson [2]. They are the result of four visits to the Cairngorm country in 1935, 1937, 1938 and 1940, duri...

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Notes

Recovery of Marked Birds

The Aerodynamics of the Drumming of the Common Snipe

Notes on Breeding of Black Redstarts in Kent

Notes

Recovery of Marked Birds

Some Notes on the Scottish Crested Tit

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