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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...

The Index of Heron Population, 1944

01 May 1945 Comments Main paper The number of reports on sites occupied by Herons in 1944, which were received at the Edward Grey Institute, was i n . Of these 77 were in England, 6 in Wales, 8 in Scotland and 20 in Ireland. We are indebted to 55 informants, of whom a considerable numbe...

Notes from Fair Isle, 1939-45

01 May 1945 Comments Main paper IN the spring of 1944, George T. Arthur (G.T.A.), and the writer (G.W.), visited Fair Isle, Shetland, between March 28th and April 17th. In autumn, the island was again visited by the writer between August 14th and 21st. Eighty-seven different species and...

British Recoveries of Birds Ringed Abroad

01 May 1945 Comments Main paper the last twelve years, records of the recovery in the British Isles of birds ringed abroad have been incorporated in a series of articles written and compiled by the late H. F. Witherby and the present writer.* In these articles birds ringed in the Britis...

Letters

01 May 1945 Comments Letters SIRS,--With reference t o the note under t h e above heading (antea,p. 177), i t may be of interest t o record t h a t nests of t h e Swallow without any ledge or other support below are b y no means unusual in South Gloucestershire. Of 37 nests which rem...

Notes

01 May 1945 Comments Notes SOME notes of mine, under the above heading, were published in British Birds, Vol xxxvi, p. 241. A further two years spent in the same locality have enabled me to supplement them as follows :--RING-OUZEL (Turdus t. torquatus).--There is some evidence t h...

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Recovery of Marked Birds.

The Red-Throated Diver in its Breeding-Haunts.

The Index of Heron Population, 1944

Notes from Fair Isle, 1939-45

British Recoveries of Birds Ringed Abroad

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