Notes

01 November 1963 Comments Notes IT has long been known that, in the Common Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) the mandibles cross indifferently on either side in different individuals. Recently, however, for a special purpose, I desired to ascertain whether or not individuals having the man...
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A Student of Gulls.

01 November 1963 Comments Main paper THAT Ornithology sustained a heavy potential loss by the death of Ewen Kennedy, in 1909, a t the early age of twenty-eight, is evident by a perusal of his notes, put together in beautiful form* by the loving hand of his sister, Mrs. Maedonald. Beyond a ch...
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Letters

01 January 1929 Comments Letters SIRS,--May I be spared a little space to invite the attention of your readers to the Annual Report of the Oxford Ornithological Society on the Birds of Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. This Report, the last issue of which you were good enough t...
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Notes

01 January 1929 Comments Notes ON May 4th, 1928, I watched a Goldfinch (Carduelis c. britannica) snapping off the stalks, about two inches from the head, of some " Forget-me-nots " (Myosotis) in our garden in west Sussex. The bird, which was accompanied by a second bird, soon flew off...
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Recovery of Marked Birds

01 January 1929 Comments Main paper No. Place and Date Ringed. ROOK (Corvus f. 78936 24879 24882 Near Huddlesceugh Hall (Cumb.), 23.4.26, nestling, by R. H . Brown. Near Gt. Budworth (Ches.), 30.6.26, bird of the year, by A. W. Boyd. Ditto ditto Place and Date Recovered. frugilegus). Newby,...
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