Notes

01 December 1944 Comments Notes I HAVE previously (antea, Vol. xxxiii, p. 265) given examples from the Robin (Erithacus rubecula) and the Blackcock (Lyrurus tetrix) of a male attempting to disturb the coition of another pair. Similar behaviour is characteristic of geese and swans, as n...
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01 March 1935 Comments Notes I SPENT the months August-November (inclusive), 1934, on holiday at Salcombe, south Devon. Most of my time was engaged in bird-observing, and the following notes may be of interest:-- CUCKOO (Cuculus c. canorus).--One was calling strongly on Bolt Head, e...
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01 July 1931 Comments Notes ON May 1st, 1931, in an open hole in a limb of a great ash tree at Bamston Lodge, Essex, I found a Jackdaw (Colceus m. spermologus) sitting on four eggs so much mud-daubed that they were very inconspicuous on the nest material. I had not time to investig...
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01 April 1930 Comments Notes I T may be of interest to record that on the morning of March 9th, 1930, near Addington, Surrey, I watched a hen Whinchat {Saxicola r. rubetra) for about five minutes. It was perched on a post at the side of a lane, and allowed me to approach to within t...
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