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01 November 1954 Comments Notes known that the Heron {Ardea cinerea) frequently eats eels, but there are probably few photographs in existence showing - the nestling's capacity to swallow them. The photograph reproduced on plate 65 was taken at Noorden, Holland, on May 1st, iqj4,. when ...

Photographic studies of some less familiar birds. LX. Caspian Tern

01 November 1954 Comments Main paper (Plates 61-64). T H E Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) is perhaps the most impressive of all the terns on account of its large size, approaching: that of the Herring Gull (Larus argentatus), and because of its massive, shining orange-red bill, of which a...

Report on bird-ringing for 1953

01 November 1954 Comments Main paper T H I S is the seventeenth reportf issued on behalf of the Committee, continuing the earlier sequence under the title " T h e British Birds Marking S c h e m e " . It combines a report on the progress of ringing during 1953 with a selected list of recover...

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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 ...

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Photographic studies of some less familiar birds. LX. Caspian Tern

Report on bird-ringing for 1953

Notes

Recovery of Marked Birds

The Aerodynamics of the Drumming of the Common Snipe

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