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Notes

01 March 1932 Comments Notes SOME time ago there was discussion in British Birds on the habit of the male Hedge-Sparrow pecking at the cloaca of the female during courtship display. I have not seen reference to this habit with the House-Sparrow (Passer d. domesticus) and the followi...

Notes

01 February 1932 Comments Notes 1931T H E following cases of late breeding in the season of 1931 in south Norfolk and north Suffolk, though not remarkable individually, show t h a t late breeding was not uncommon in the past wet season. Greenfinch August 14th 4 Eggs (incubated). (CMoris...

Letters

01 May 1930 Comments Letters S I R S , -- I witnessed here to-day (March 27th, 1930) another example of the strÃ¤nge nuptial habits of the Hedge-Sparrow, first recorded in your pages b y m y friend, M. Delamain (antea, p. 19 ; see also pp. 103, 199, 231 and 255). On this occasion I...

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