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01 April 1962 Comments Notes Little Grebes attacking Moorhens.--With regard to the recent note by J. B. and S, Bottomley on Little Grebes {Podiceps ruficollis) attacking Coots (Fulica atra) and domestic ducks {Anas sp.) {Brit. Birds, 54: 427), it seems worth reporting that I saw seve...

Studies of less familiar birds 118. Rock Bunting and Rock Sparrow

01 April 1962 Comments Main paper country. T h e earliest record is of t w o netted by' bird-catchers in late October 1902 near Shoreham, Sussex, and these were followed by one seen at Faversham, Kent, in mid-February 1905; then, after aninterval of over fifty years without any report whi...

Radar evidence on migratory orientation

01 April 1962 Comments Main paper ing so rapidly that this may be a useful time at which to review evidence on the orientation of bird migrants over the sea provided by radar. This evidence requires local knowledge for its interpretation and, since even with local knowledge I have made mi...

River Warbler on Fair Isle: a bird new to Britain

01 April 1962 Comments Main paper A F I R S T - W I N T E R River Warbler (Locustel/a fluviatilis) was trapped at Fair Isle on 24th September 1961, and seen again on the following day. This is the first record of this east European species in the British Isles, although it breeds as ne...

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01 March 1943 Comments Notes WITH reference to Mr. J. M. B. Brown's remarks on the breeding of the Pied Flycatcher in the Forest of Dean (antea, p. 179), it may be of interest to note that In 1935 I was informed by Mr. R. Hendrie, a student at the School of Forestry, Parkend, that h...

The age of Some More British Birds

01 March 1943 Comments Main paper paper is a sequel to that on the Blackbird (Turdus m. merula) (Lack, 1943a), and the latter should be read first as the remarks on treatment of material and general principles apply equally to the present paper, but are not repeated. It should be stressed...

Birds of Inner London

01 March 1943 Comments Main paper CARMICHAEL LOW DURING the period under review (1942) there have been two new records for Inner London, viz. the Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) and the Waxwing (BombycÃ¼la g. garrulus). Of other interesting occurrences the invasion of the City by Black...

The Instinctive Nature of Nest Sanitation Part- II

01 March 1943 Comments Main paper IN a previous article (antra, Vol. xxxv, pp. 120-4), attention was drawn to the fact that nest-sanitation manifests itself as an instinctive action on the part of the parent birds. The instinct to remove faeces from the area of the nest was shown to be ca...

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Studies of less familiar birds 118. Rock Bunting and Rock Sparrow

Radar evidence on migratory orientation

River Warbler on Fair Isle: a bird new to Britain

Notes

The age of Some More British Birds

Birds of Inner London

The Instinctive Nature of Nest Sanitation Part- II

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