Requests for Information

01 June 1952 Comments Editorials 224 REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION. (i) A number of readers have already reported unusually early arrivals of summer migrants in 1952, especially in March. As a general rule we have regarded records of this sort as being the province of local reports, but such ...
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Notes

01 June 1952 Comments Notes 13th, 1951, Campbell Ballantyne told G. E. Wooldridge of two warblers that he had been watching that morning. Although obviously warblers their identity was puzzling. He gave a fairly full description of the birds seen, the most striking feature being, "v...
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Editorial

01 June 1952 Comments Editorials J U S T a year ago at the time of writing these words the first issue of British Birds to be produced by the new Editorial Board went to press, opening with an Editorial in which a number of aims and objects were stated. Some of these have been fulfilled...
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Reviews

01 March 1938 Comments Reviews Report on the Birds of Warwickshire, Worcestershire and S. Staffordshire, 1936. Prepared under the direction of the Birmingham Bird Club. is. 6d. (H. G. Alexander, 144, Oak Tree Lane, Birmingham, 29.) T H I S , t h e third annual, Report is an advance on...
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Notes

01 March 1938 Comments Notes I HAVE paid particular attention to the singing of Crossbills (Loxia c. curvirostra) for some years, on and off, and I find that the song can be divided into four main varieties. In attempting to describe these songs below, I use the two sound descriptio...
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Recovery of marked birds

01 March 1938 Comments Main paper Longtown (Cumb), 1.3.33, b y Stamford Bridge W. Bell. 27.12.37.25.11.36. 5.1.37. 26.12.36. 30.11.36. 13.12.36. 26.10.35. 27.11.36. 30.12.36. 9.11.36. 14.12.35. 14.12.36. 28.12.35. 28.11.36. 19.11.37. 18.11.35. 19.11.36. 10.12.36. 27.12.35. 13.12.35. 24.9...
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