Notes

01 September 1941
Comments Notes A NEST of this bird (Muscicapa s. striata) was begun on May 27th, 1941 on the top of a nesting-box in an alcove of my house in Bucks, but was later abandoned, owing probably to the nesting material slipping off the smooth lid. The Flycatchers then turned...
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Letters

01 July 1933
Comments Letters SIRS,--A pair of Starlings (Sturnus v. vulgaris) made their nest in the top of a gutter pipe about thirty feet from the ground. At this time it was fine weather. Five eggs were laid, and incubated for five days, during which time the Starling that was not...
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Notes

01 July 1933
Comments Notes WITH but the following exception I cannot personally call to mind the Rook (Corvus f. frugilegus) selecting this tree for nesting purposes. Last year several nests were built in a row of these spire-shaped trees at Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire, and...
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