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Notes on Breeding of Black Redstarts in Kent

01 February 1941 Comments Main paper IN the summer of 1940 I was fortunate enough to be able to make some observations on two pairs of Black Redstarts (Phasnicurus o. gibraltariensis), which I found breeding in the Medway area in Kent. I watched the first pair ("A") as often as possible and ...

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01 January 1941 Comments Notes ON November 2nd, 1940, in a field with small trees at the edge of a wood near Potter's Bar, I was fortunate enough to have an opportunity of watching a bird, which was evidently a Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor). The bird flew to the top of a bare hawt...

Recovery of Marked Birds

01 January 1941 Comments Main paper Thornton - le - dale (Yorks), Bedlington (Northumb), 4.1.39, by R. M. Garnett. 7-3-4°Wetherby (Yorks), 30.1.2.39, by Preston (Lanes), --.2.40. Bootham School. Gt. Budworth (Ches), 12.11.38, Grantham (Lines), Spring, by A. W. Boyd. 194°Ditto 22.11.37. M...

Some Notes on the Scottish Crested Tit

01 January 1941 Comments Main paper THESE notes on the Scottish Crested Tit (Parus c. scoticus) are supplementary to those already published by Winifred M. Ross [i] and D. Nethersole-Thompson [2]. They are the result of four visits to the Cairngorm country in 1935, 1937, 1938 and 1940, duri...

LETTERS: BARK-STRIPPING BY ROOKS; NUMBER OF EGGS LAID BY MISTLE-THRUSH; MANNER IN WHICH YOUNG GUILLEMOTS AND RAZORBILLS LEAVE THE NESTING LEDGES

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BIRD-NOTES FROM THE NORTH ATLANTIC

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THE "WING-CLAPPING" OF THE NIGHTJAR

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01 November 1928 Comments Notes IN the following cases during 1928, from west Sussex, the period of incubation has been calculated from the day on which the last egg was laid until the day or days of hatching. The fledging-period from the day or days of hatching until the day or days o...

The "Wing-Clapping" of the Nightjar

01 November 1928 Comments Main paper who has closely observed the Nightjar (Caprimulgus europceus) in flight, especially when it is indulging in nuptial display, must have noticed that occasionally it produces a sharp cracking sound, which is mechanical rather than vocal. This sound has been...

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Notes on Breeding of Black Redstarts in Kent

Notes

Recovery of Marked Birds

Some Notes on the Scottish Crested Tit

LETTERS: BARK-STRIPPING BY ROOKS; NUMBER OF EGGS LAID BY MISTLE-THRUSH; MANNER IN WHICH YOUNG GUILLEMOTS AND RAZORBILLS LEAVE THE NESTING LEDGES

BIRD-NOTES FROM THE NORTH ATLANTIC

NOTES

THE "WING-CLAPPING" OF THE NIGHTJAR

Notes

The "Wing-Clapping" of the Nightjar

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