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01 January 1962 Comments News and comment [These ate largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records] Our last summary reviewed the occurrences of unusual Passerines and of all American species from early August to November, against a background of the more striking movements of common land ...

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01 January 1962 Comments Notes G o l d e n E a g l e a t t a c k i n g Reindeer.--With reference to the recent papers by Dr. K. Curry-Lindahl and Dr. G. Bergman on the food and feeding habits of birds of prey in Fenno-Scandia (Brit, Birds, 54: 297-306, 307-320), it may be of interest t...

Studies of less familiar birds 116. Crested Lark

01 January 1962 Comments Main paper cristatd) here, but they show the salient features very well. The species gets its name from the long upstanding crest which arises from the middle of its crown and which is conspicuous even when depressed. Many other larks have crests and inexperienced o...

Observations on a Honey Buzzard digging out a wasps' nest

01 January 1962 Comments Main paper O N 22ND A N D 23RD S E P T E M B E R I 9 5 9, I had an opportunity of watching and photographing a Honey Buzzard (Perms apivorus) digging out a wasps' nest in Utterslev Mose, north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The wasps were of the common species (Vespa vulga...

A study of suburban bird-life at Dollis Hill

01 January 1962 Comments Open Access IntroductionUntil the present time no thorough or systematic survey of the distribution and behaviour of the birds of a suburban area has appeared since F . D . Power's Ornithological Notes from a South London Suburb...

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01 September 1959 Comments Notes with Mackerel shoals.--During- the months of July, August and September, Mackerel (Scomber scomber) habitually enter the Village Bay of Hirta, St, Kilda, in the late afternoon and evening. These shoals are often pursued by Grey Seals (Halichoerus gryphus)...

Fulmars in the North Atlantic in the summers of 1956 and 1958

01 September 1959 Comments Main paper IN 1956 WE MADE two crossings of the North Atlantic on the small Royal Netherlands ship "Groote Beer", from Montreal to Southampton in June, and back in September. We kept records of all the birds we saw, but the following notes, compiled from half-hourly...

The September drift-movements of 1956 and 1958.Part 1ÑGeneral Summary and Weather Conditions

01 September 1959 Comments Main paper were extensive drift-arrivals of migratory birds on the east coast of Britain. These were made up almost entirely of species which are summer-visitors to Europe and widely distributed in Scandinavia and the countries surrounding: the Baltic Sea. As might ...

The food of nestling Rooks near Oxford

01 September 1959 Comments Main paper frugilegus) carried out while I was holding a Nature Conservancy Post-Graduate Studentship at the Edward Grey Institute, Oxford, in 1952 and 1953. All four rookeries concerned were within 10 miles of Oxford and were on rather similar farming land. T h e f...

Observations on the Fulmar in Spitsbergen

01 September 1959 Comments Main paper T H E WRITERS spent the period 23rd July-i8th August 1957 observing- a colony of Atlantic Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) on the south-east shore of Tempelfiord, W e s t Spitsbergen, adjacent to the east side of the mouth of Sassendalen. Although the Fulmar ...

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Recent reports and news

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Studies of less familiar birds 116. Crested Lark

Observations on a Honey Buzzard digging out a wasps' nest

A study of suburban bird-life at Dollis Hill

Notes

Fulmars in the North Atlantic in the summers of 1956 and 1958

The September drift-movements of 1956 and 1958.Part 1ÑGeneral Summary and Weather Conditions

The food of nestling Rooks near Oxford

Observations on the Fulmar in Spitsbergen

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