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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... Read More

Letters

01 November 1953 Comments Letters SIRS,--The points which Mr. K. Williamson makes (antea, pp. 231-32) in connection with a remark of mine on the distribution of the Alaska Wren (Troglodytes t. alascensis) (antea, pp. 48-49) are of interest not only in regard t o the evolution of wren race... Read More

Notes

01 November 1953 Comments Notes Effective distraction display by Mallard.--As only a few observations have been recorded indicating the effectiveness of distraction display by a parent bird in deflecting the attention of a potential predator from the young [Bird Display, pp. 104-105) t... Read More

The song of the Woodpigeon

01 November 1953 Comments Main paper DURING 1948, one of us (J.S.H.), after listening carefully to the singing- of the Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) and the recording of a number of its songs, came to the conclusion that the song of this species differed from the generally accepted version, ... Read More