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01 November 1963 Comments Notes IT has long been known that, in the Common Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) the mandibles cross indifferently on either side in different individuals. Recently, however, for a special purpose, I desired to ascertain whether or not individuals having the man...

Manx Ornithological Notes: 1912-13.

01 November 1963 Comments Main paper THE following notes continue the Manx record from the end of the period covered by the article in BRITISH BIRDS, Vol. V., pp. 300-4, to the end of the year 1913. There is still, probably, a lack of information about some of our smaller species, but the Ye...

A Student of Gulls.

01 November 1963 Comments Main paper THAT Ornithology sustained a heavy potential loss by the death of Ewen Kennedy, in 1909, a t the early age of twenty-eight, is evident by a perusal of his notes, put together in beautiful form* by the loving hand of his sister, Mrs. Maedonald. Beyond a ch...

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 ...

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, ...

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,...

Common Sandpipers on Migration in South Glamorgan

01 February 1945 Comments Main paper THE Common Sandpiper {Actitis hypoleucos) is rather rare as a breeding species in Glamorgan, even in the northern half of the county, and has only once or twice been recorded as nesting in the southern half. Birds on passage in spring and autumn are numer...

Reviews

01 May 1938 Comments Reviews De Nederlandsche Vogels. Bewerkt door Dr. C. Eykman, P . A, Hens, Jhr Dr. Ir F . C. van H e u m , Dr. C. G. B. t e n Kate, J. G. van Marie, G. van der Meer, M. J. Tekke en Tsj. Gs. de Vries. Eerste Deel. (Wageningen : Boek en Handelsdrukkerij). This is th...

Notes

01 May 1938 Comments Notes ON March 3rd, 1938, at Cambridge sewage farm we observed a Pipit which we were able to identify as a Water-Pipit (Anthus s. spinoletta). It was first seen feeding amongst other birds (Meadow-Pipits, Pied Wagtails and waders) on one of the tanks and its d...

Notes from reservoirs and Sewage farms. Staffordshire Reservoirs, 1937

01 May 1938 Comments Main paper THE following notes refer to Bellfields Reservoir except when Galley Pool is specially mentioned. Once again Mr. H. G. Alexander has kindly sent me his notes and others made by Miss C. K. James and Messrs. G. M. King, H. LI. Wilson and C. Wilson.H O O D ...

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Manx Ornithological Notes: 1912-13.

A Student of Gulls.

Letter

Reviews

Notes

Common Sandpipers on Migration in South Glamorgan

Reviews

Notes

Notes from reservoirs and Sewage farms. Staffordshire Reservoirs, 1937

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