The index of heron population

01 March 1950 Comments Main paper The number of heronries on which reports for 1949 were received at the Edward Grey Institute was 162, or 16 more than in the previous year. Of these 117 were in England, 9 in Wales, 17 in Scotland and 19 in Ireland. We are indebted to 79 informants of who...
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The Behaviour Of Corn-Crakes

01 March 1950 Comments Main paper MASON DURING the past few years the writer, with the help of friends, has carried out a series of experiments with Corn-Crakes {Crex crex) The experiments consist in calling up Corn-Crakes to a stuffed dummy by imitating the " crake-crake " song with a p...
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Reviews

01 February 1929 Comments Reviews Miss TURNER has written a very entertaining and at the same time ornithologically interesting account of her experiences as official " w a t c h e r " for Scolt Head during 1924 and 1925. Her trials were many, esentials such as water and fuel were hard to...
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