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01 January 1962 Comments News and comment [These ate largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records] Our last summary reviewed the occurrences of unusual Passerines and of all American species from early August to November, against a background of the more striking movements of common land ...

Notes

01 January 1962 Comments Notes G o l d e n E a g l e a t t a c k i n g Reindeer.--With reference to the recent papers by Dr. K. Curry-Lindahl and Dr. G. Bergman on the food and feeding habits of birds of prey in Fenno-Scandia (Brit, Birds, 54: 297-306, 307-320), it may be of interest t...

Studies of less familiar birds 116. Crested Lark

01 January 1962 Comments Main paper cristatd) here, but they show the salient features very well. The species gets its name from the long upstanding crest which arises from the middle of its crown and which is conspicuous even when depressed. Many other larks have crests and inexperienced o...

Observations on a Honey Buzzard digging out a wasps' nest

01 January 1962 Comments Main paper O N 22ND A N D 23RD S E P T E M B E R I 9 5 9, I had an opportunity of watching and photographing a Honey Buzzard (Perms apivorus) digging out a wasps' nest in Utterslev Mose, north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The wasps were of the common species (Vespa vulga...

A study of suburban bird-life at Dollis Hill

01 January 1962 Comments Open Access IntroductionUntil the present time no thorough or systematic survey of the distribution and behaviour of the birds of a suburban area has appeared since F . D . Power's Ornithological Notes from a South London Suburb...

Recent reports and news

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

Letters

01 June 1958 Comments Letters S I R S , -- U n d e r the above title (anlea, vol. L, p p . 432-434), R. Hewson has usefully drawn attention to the aerobatics-- familiar in individuals--that are sometimes performed by flocks of Ravens (Corvus corax) and has discussed questions suggeste...

Reviews

01 June 1958 Comments Reviews day Â·& Co., New York, 1949--first edition 1946--sponsored by the National Audubon Society). $3.95. A U D U B O N W A T E R B I R D G U I D E (Water, game and large land birds of eastern and central North America from southern Texas to central Greenland...

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01 June 1958 Comments Notes " R e c e n t reports and n e w s " section in our March number (antea, p . 132), brief mention was made of the fact that a number of North American Ruddy Ducks (Oxyura jamaicensis) had escaped from the Wildfowl Trust collection at Slimbridge, Gloucesters...

Obituary: John Arthington Walpole-Bond (1878-1958)

01 June 1958 Comments Obituaries O N 13TH JANUARY 1958, John Walpole-Bond died at his home in Hove, Sussex, in his 80th year. Educated at Winchester and St. J o h n ' s College, Oxford, Jock Bond, a s h e was known to his many friends, was a descendant of Prime Minister Walpole and was t...

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Recent reports and news

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Studies of less familiar birds 116. Crested Lark

Observations on a Honey Buzzard digging out a wasps' nest

A study of suburban bird-life at Dollis Hill

Recent reports and news

Letters

Reviews

Notes

Obituary: John Arthington Walpole-Bond (1878-1958)

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