Recovery of Marked Birds

01 December 1946
Comments Main paper Bamsley (Yorks), 13.2.46. [31m. SSW.]. (considered t o be continental winter-visitor). Ditto 5.2.46, by Bootham Grantham (Lines), 24.3.46. School. [ 7 5 m - SSE.]. Ditto 23.2.42. Ringkobing (Jylland), Denmark, 1942. Ditto 26.1.42. Aaby (Fyn), Denmark, 24....
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Letters

01 December 1946
Comments Letters SIRS,--Writing in British Birds (antea, p . 214) on t h e question of the soft parts coloration in the Crested Tit (Parus cristatus) I made reference to having examined in t h e course of my studies "some dozens" of specimens. I t is now evident t h a t m...
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Reviews

01 December 1946
Comments Reviews Birmingham and District Bird Club : Twelfth Annual Report on the Birds of Warwickshire, Worcestershire and South Staffordshire, KJJ.V T H E section of classified notes in this report is very short compared with some other county publications and a weakne...
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Notes

01 December 1946
Comments Notes ON April 26th, 1946, I found near Portchester, Hants., the nest of a Magpie (Pica p. pica) containing eleven eggs, all very round in shape and smaller than usual. Only one hen was observed at the nest, which is in a hawthorn and has been used for years ;...
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Letter

01 December 1942
Comments Letters SIRS,--The interesting and unusual behavtour of a Moorhen (Galhnula ch, chloropus) continually remaining in a semi-submerged position (antea, Vol. xxxvi, p. 57) whilst swimming about, and giving the impression of " not being able to come up " is almost ce...
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Notes

01 December 1942
Comments Notes a short visit to Lundy in September, 1942, we identified a Lapland Bunting {Cakarius lapponicus) on the high barren area at the north end of the island on September ioth. The species has not previously been met with on Lundy, nor in the county of Devon. ...
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