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01 March 1984 Comments Reviews Weather and Bird Behaviour. By Norman Elkins. Illustrated by Crispin Fisher. Poyser, Calton, 1983. 239 pages; 31 black-and-white plates; over 30 line-drawings. £12.60. The subject matter of the book deals mainly with the effects of the n...

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01 July 1958 Comments Notes Magpie burying and recovering food.--With reference to the note by Derek Goodwin on " J a y s and Carrion Crows recovering hidden food" (antea, vol. xlviii, pp. 181-183) and other comparable observations, a note on this habit in the Magpie (Pica pica) may...

The Moult migration of the Shelduck from Cheshire in 1957

01 July 1958 Comments Main paper IN 1957, observations were made for the eighth year in succession on the departure flights of Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) from the River Mersey estuary at W e s t o n , near Runcorn, Cheshire, and details are given in Table I. The moult migration in 1955 a...

Photographic studies of some Less Familiar birds: XC. Frigate Petrel

01 July 1958 Comments Main paper (Plates 41-44) ACCORDING to The Handbook two specimens of the Frigate Petrel (Pelagodroma marina), or White-faced Storm Petrel as it is called in the regions where it breeds, have occurred in Britain. One was found dead at Walney Island, Lancashire, in No...

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Insect, amphibian or bird?

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The Moult migration of the Shelduck from Cheshire in 1957

Photographic studies of some Less Familiar birds: XC. Frigate Petrel

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