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01 October 1936 Comments Notes reference to the note on Jays (Garrulus glandarius) seen by Lt.-Col. R. N. Thompson coming in from the sea at Fairlight Cove, Sussex, on May 22nd, 1936 (quoted antea p. 80) I saw a flock of nine Jays at the same place on the morning of May 17th, 1936. Th...
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01 August 1936 Comments Notes A NEST of a Carrion-Crow (Corvus c. corone) in a willow tree in Walland Marsh, Kent, had a clutch of eggs which was taken on April 12th, 1936. On May 17th, the nest contained another clutch of eggs which were exactly like the first. The nest did not appe...
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01 March 1936 Comments Notes IN view of the recent notes concerning the influx of Jays into Hampshire during the autumn of 1935, it may be of interest to report that in the Layer Marney district--between Col chester and Maldon, Essex--they have been unusually scarce this winter (Oct...
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01 March 1935 Comments Notes I SPENT the months August-November (inclusive), 1934, on holiday at Salcombe, south Devon. Most of my time was engaged in bird-observing, and the following notes may be of interest:-- CUCKOO (Cuculus c. canorus).--One was calling strongly on Bolt Head, e...
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01 December 1934 Comments Notes DURING the last week in May, 1934, a pair of Spotted Flycatchers (Muscicapa s. striata) built a nest in a cleft of a climbing rose tree growing against the wall of our house in Norfolk. On May 31st this nest contained four eggs, which were taken. On June...
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01 September 1934 Comments Notes A BLUE T I T (ParUS C. obscurus) had possession of one of my nesting boxes in Hampshire and laid an egg on each of four successive days. The next day, May 8th, no egg was laid, but another appeared on the 9th. I should say that I numbered each egg the da...
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01 December 1933 Comments Notes I T is with the greatest regret t h a t we have to announce the death at Berlin, on the 10th of November, after an illness of only three days, of Dr. Ernst Hartert. Dr. Hartert was renowned as an ornithologist all over the world, but in no country was he...
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01 September 1933 Comments Notes RAYMOND PHILIPSON'S paper on Rooks and their roosts in South Northumberland (antea, p. 66) prompts me to forward some notes I made in the same area nearly thirty years ago. From 1904 to 1906 I lived on the west side of Newcastle. Rooks were notable birds...
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