Notes

01 May 1948 Comments Notes ON December 18th, 1946, I saw a Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocaiactes subsp.?) about two miles west of Turners Hill, Sussex. It flew across the road and settled in a tree about 35 yards away in full view. I was able to watch the bird for about three minute...
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The index of Heron population, 1947

01 May 1948 Comments Main paper THE number of heronries on which reports for 1947 were received at the Edward Grey Institute was 158, or 13 less than in the previous year. Of these 122 were in England, 6 in Wales, 11 in Scotland and 19 in Ireland. We are indebted to 63 informants, of wh...
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Letters

01 March 1946 Comments Letters SIRS,--Witts reference to your comments on t h e note o n . a Robin feeding a fledgling Blackbird (antea, Vol. xxxviii, p, 355), there is anotheroccurrence of a Robin feeding a brood of young Song-Thrushes mentioned, and illustrated, with three photograph...
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Reviews

01 March 1946 Comments Reviews Somerset Archcsol. & Nat. Hist. Soc, Ornithological Section. Report on Somerset Birds, 1944. T H I S contains many valuable records and others of purely local interest. Blagdon Reservoir has been well watched and provides good notes on duck, some in consi...
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