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Snipe and Redshank Nesting in Sussex

01 December 1963 Comments Main paper in Ms excellent work The Birds of Sussex, published nearly a quarter of a century ago, thus summarizes the status of the Common Snipe in the county as a breeding species : " The Snipe breeds sparingly in Sussex, b u t the nest has been found now and then ... Read More

Seasonal fluctuations in the song of the Sky-Lark

01 February 1947 Comments Main paper ALTHOUGH a great deal has been written on the subject of bird song, relatively little is known about seasonal and daily fluctuations in song output. Alexander's [i, 2] work accounts for a very large number of species and gives the dates between which bir... Read More

Reviews

01 February 1947 Comments Reviews South-Eastern Bird Report, being an Account of Bird-Life in Kent, Surrey and Sussex during 1944. Edited by Ralph Whitlock. Ditto (including Hampshire) for 1945. THE 1944 South-Eastern Report, delayed by printing difficulties, was not available when our no... Read More

Blue Snow-Geese in Co. Wexford

01 February 1947 Comments Main paper ON January 8th, 1946, at the end of a long day on the North Slob, Co. Wexford, Ireland, and with light beginning to fail, we saw two geese amongst a large flock of Grey Lag-Geese (Anser a. anser) which had what appeared abnormal marking of the head and n... Read More