Notes

01 October 1946
Comments Notes THE following records of young birds returning to their nest after having left it may be of interest (cf. antea, pp. 26, 152, 178, 246). Greenfinch (Chloris c. chloris). Five hatched. Flew May 30th, 1946. Back in nest 4.30 p.m., summer time, and remained...
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Letters

01 May 1929
Comments Letters SIRS,--We are inclined t o think t h a t Mr. Charles E . AHord in his letter re the. above (antes, p . 331) is perhaps n o t altogether correct when he remarks t h a t the conditions under which we made observations " must be considered rather artificial,...
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Notes

01 May 1929
Comments Notes IN April, 1926, close to my house in Mawgan-in-Pydar, north Cornwall, I found the nest of a Long-tailed Tit (Mgithalos c. rosea) in a low thorn bush, in process of construction. When incubation was commenced, I noticed the tip of the bird's tail projecti...
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