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A survey of breeding Black-necked Grebes in the UK: 1973–2004

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Letters

01 May 1946 Comments Letters SIRS,--Mr. N. D. Pullen, Mr. H. G. Hurrell and Miss N. C. Hicks (antea, Vol. xxxviii, pp. 206, 300 and 360) have drawn attention t o an interesting problem of behaviour. I have observed t h e " digging " in the bottom of the nest, as described by the abov... Read More

Some Remarks on Sex behaviour of Doves

01 May 1946 Comments Main paper The Handbook of British Birds' (Vol. v, p. 280) states on the authority of O. and M. Heinroth that the male Rock-Dove [Columba livid) feeds the female before coition. I think one may safely assume that the pairing ceremonials of the wild and domesticated ... Read More

Notes on the Breeding Biology of the Crested Lark

01 May 1946 Comments Main paper THE following observations on the breeding biology of the Asiatic race of the Crested Lark (Galerida cristata magna) were made near Gaza in southern Palestine in the months of May to July, 1944. Crested Larks were common residents on the dry, rolling down... Read More