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01 April 1948 Comments Letters SIRS,--Messrs. Wagstaffe and Williamson's paper (antea, Vol. xl, p p . 322-325), on t h e cabinet colour changes in bird skins, will be read b y all workers in systematic ornithology with great interest. That these changes occur is of course well known, a...

Notes

01 April 1948 Comments Notes IN a recent volume of British Birds (antea. Vol. xxxix, pp. 212 and 340) records are given of Ravens (Corvus c. corax) nesting in heronries. I should like to record that for several years up to 1942, a pair of Ravens nested in a circle of tall pines cont...

The incubation and fledging-periods of the Razorbill

01 April 1948 Comments Main paper THE incubation-period of the British Razorbill (Alca tarda britannica) does not appear to have been accurately recorded. The Handbook of British Birds (Vol. v, p. 146), quotes the incubation-period as "25 days in incubator (F. G. Paynter), 26-30 (O. A. J....

Bird life on Pett level floods, 1941-1943

01 April 1948 Comments Main paper {concluded from p. 70). 1942 {continued). On February 4th, while in a hide, well in the middle of the water, I identified seven Long-tailed Ducks. They came within a few yards of me and two of them were adult drakes, the first I had seen in Sussex. They w...

Further notes on Clutch and brood size in the Robin

01 April 1948 Comments Main paper THE following paper on the breeding biology of the Robin (Erithacus rubecula) is a sequel to that published earlier (Lack, 1946), knowledge of which is assumed. In addition to nesting records for 1946, a number of additional records were received for past...

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Editorial

01 June 1907 Comments Editorials EDITED BY H. F. WITHERBY, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U.ASSISTED BY W. P. PYCRAFT, A.L.S, M.B.O.U. EDITORIAL.BEFORE setting forth our plans, our hopes, and our ambitions for BRITISH BIRDS, we must first expr...

ADDITIONS TO THE LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS SINCE 1899

01 June 1907 Comments Main paper HOWARD SAUNDERS.FOR the readers of BRITISH BIRDS I have been asked to supply an outline of the accessions to the British List since the completion of the 2nd edition of my " Illustrated Manual of British Birds," in 1899. Even duri...

A STUDY OF THE HOME LIFE OF THE OSPREY

01 June 1907 Comments Main paper IT is perhaps fitting that the first number of BRITISH BIBDS should, contain an account of a "bird which, as a breeding species in these islands, is reduced to a solitary pair or so. Of such is the heritage of the modern ornithologist! What&n...

REMARKS ON A SUPPOSED NEW BRITISH TIT OF THE GENUS PARUS

01 June 1907 Comments Main paper MR. HOWARD SAOTBERS, In his " Manual of British Birds," includes five species of true Parus in the British Avifauna, namely, Parus major, P. ater, P. palustris, P. cosruleus, and P. cristatus....

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