Notes

01 March 1963 Comments Notes IT is gratifying to see Mr. C. S. Meares's note on th Crossbill (Loxia c. curvirostra) breeding in Shropshire an Norfolk (British Birds, Vol. VI., p. 371), and to find that i has also bred in Surrey (Countryside, Vol. V., p. 387). Ther can be no doubt as...
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01 February 1939 Comments Notes IT is a well-known fact that the Moustached Warbler (Lusciniola m. melanofogon) often builds its nest among reeds under the knots made by fishermen tying reeds together in Hungary, as stated in The Handbook of British Birds (Vol. II, p. 30). On a visit t...
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01 April 1929 Comments Notes IN previous notes in British Birds on egg-daubing by the Jackdaw {Colceus m. spermologus) I can find no record of first and second layings of the same bird in the same season having been found bedaubed: so the following instance may be of interest. The f...
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