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01 May 1943 Comments Notes 1942 I had excellent opportunities of observing the birds which frequent the southern shores of Ayr Bay, between the mouth of the river Doon and the Heads of Ayr. As a result I have been able to add three new birds to the Ayrshire list, and I include one...

Recovery of Marked Birds

01 May 1943 Comments Main paper Longridge (Lancs), 21.3.42. Hartshorne (Derby) 25.4.42. OkL Buckenham (Norfolk), 5-M*Meare (Som), 25.1.42. Oskarstrom (Hailand), Sweden, 28.3.42. Ely (Cambs), 13.11.42. St. Biazey (Comwall), i r . 1.42. Farnborough (Hants), 23.3.42. Nethera von (Wilts) Ro...

The Aerodynamics of the Drumming of the Common Snipe

01 May 1943 Comments Main paper has been written concerning the drumming of the Common Snipe (Capella g, gaUittago), and the fact that it is caused by the Vibration of the outer pair of tail-feathers, accompanied by the quivering of the wings, has long been well known; the aerodynamics ...

Notes

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...

Letter

01 February 1943 Comments Letters SIRS,--As the Statement in The Handbook of British Birds (Vol. III, p. 109) that the Osprey (Pandion h. hali/ztus) last bred at Loch Arkaig in 1902 is incorrect this should be corrected. A pair nested regularly ever since I can remember up to 1908 and the...

Notes

01 February 1943 Comments Notes IN February, 1942, seventy-five nesting boxes were put up inone of the oak woods of the Forest of Dean, with the object of encouraging the breeding of insectivorous birds (tits, in particular) and thus alleviating, if possible, the recurrent outbreaks of...

How a Cuckoo Laid into a Reed-Warbler's Nest

01 February 1943 Comments Main paper FOR long I wondered how the Cuckoo (Cuculus c. canorus) placed her feet when she was " sitting on a nest " and laying her egg, so I determined to try filming one when she was victimising Reed-Warbiers (Acrocephalus s, scirpaceus) close to New Romney, Kent...

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Notes

Recovery of Marked Birds

The Aerodynamics of the Drumming of the Common Snipe

Notes

The age of Some More British Birds

Birds of Inner London

The Instinctive Nature of Nest Sanitation Part- II

Letter

Notes

How a Cuckoo Laid into a Reed-Warbler's Nest

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