Letter

01 February 1945
Comments Letters SIRS,--With reference t o t h e letter from t h e Hon. G. Charteris (antea, p. 120), I can record three definite instances of Chaffinches having second broods. 1. I n 1938 a pair ringed b y me with coloured rings for identification nested in a holly just ...
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Reviews

01 February 1945
Comments Reviews The Breeding Distribution, History and Population of the North Atlantic Gannet (Sola bassana). By James Fisher and H. G. Vevcrs. Part I.--A History of the G a n n e t s Colonies, and t h e Census in 1939. Journal of Animal Ecology, Vol. xii, pp. 173-213, ...
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Notes

01 February 1945
Comments Notes I HAVE recently been particularly interested in the behaviour of Marsh- and Coal-Tits, which together with larger numbers of Blue and Great Tits, have visited the garden here at Llanymynech during about the first three weeks of October, 1944. The garden,...
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Notes

01 January 1943
Comments Notes THE Handbook of British Birds states that on the continent Magpies may roost in hundreds, but I have not heard of a roost of any magnitude in this country. On March 30th, 1942 near Northallerton the chattering of Magpies (Pica p. pica) drew my attention ...
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Reactions of Birds to Aircraft

01 January 1943
Comments Main paper is no doubt that the considerable increase in aviation in recent years has given rise to some speculation by ornithologists as to the reactions of birds to aircraft, and therefore some of my experiences in seven years of flying may be of interest. On aero...
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Sky-Lark Song

01 January 1943
Comments Main paper THE following notes on the length of Sky-Lark (Alauda a, arvensis) song may be of interest in connexion with Mr. W. B. Alexander's interesting record of an 18 minute song (antea, Vol. xxxv, p. 160). The point was made in relation to this song that it was...
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