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01 July 1939 Comments Reviews Transactions of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society and Field Club, Vol. X X I , Part I. T H I S contains a very well deserved tribute to Mr. Charles Oldham, signed by a number of naturalist friends and addressed to him on the occasion of his sevent...

Notes

01 July 1939 Comments Notes I THINK it will be of interest to record a case of bigamy in Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus), which I had under observation in England during the summer of 1938. It is well known that this species has a tendency to nest in small colonies, but I do no...

On the Courtship-display of the Goldeneye

01 July 1939 Comments Main paper THE courtship-display of the Goldeneye (Bucephala c. clangula) is perhaps more spectacular than that of any other duck and therefore has attracted the attention of several naturalists who have described it at considerable length. Among them I may mention ...

The Vocal Activity of Blackbirds at a winter Roost

01 July 1939 Comments Main paper THE noise made by the Blackbird (Turdus m. merula) in going to roost is a characteristic part of the countryside in winter, and is associated in the minds of many with a frosty evening. The following note describes an attempt to measure these roosting ca...

Rising and Roosting of a pair of Resident Starlings in Winter and early Spring

01 July 1939 Comments Main paper THOUGH the roosting of flocks of the Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) has been well studied by Wynne-Edwards, in England work on the roosting, of individuals does not seem to have been so thoroughly done, so that the following observations made on a pair in th...

The Spring Migration of the Redstart over Europe

01 July 1939 Comments Main paper study forms the third of a series of five whose object is to show the characteristic migrations of various widespread passerine species northward over Europe every spring. Maps showing the rate of spread of the Swallow (Hirundo r. rustled) and of the Will...

Reviews

01 May 1938 Comments Reviews De Nederlandsche Vogels. Bewerkt door Dr. C. Eykman, P . A, Hens, Jhr Dr. Ir F . C. van H e u m , Dr. C. G. B. t e n Kate, J. G. van Marie, G. van der Meer, M. J. Tekke en Tsj. Gs. de Vries. Eerste Deel. (Wageningen : Boek en Handelsdrukkerij). This is th...

Notes

01 May 1938 Comments Notes ON March 3rd, 1938, at Cambridge sewage farm we observed a Pipit which we were able to identify as a Water-Pipit (Anthus s. spinoletta). It was first seen feeding amongst other birds (Meadow-Pipits, Pied Wagtails and waders) on one of the tanks and its d...

Notes from reservoirs and Sewage farms. Staffordshire Reservoirs, 1937

01 May 1938 Comments Main paper THE following notes refer to Bellfields Reservoir except when Galley Pool is specially mentioned. Once again Mr. H. G. Alexander has kindly sent me his notes and others made by Miss C. K. James and Messrs. G. M. King, H. LI. Wilson and C. Wilson.H O O D ...

Birds of Inner London

01 May 1938 Comments Main paper 1937 there was one addition to the list published in this magazine in 1929 (Vol. XXII, pp. 222-244) a n ( i subsequently extended.* The list, excluding doubtful occurrences, now numbers 141 species or sub-species.A Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps g. griseigen...

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Reviews

Notes

On the Courtship-display of the Goldeneye

The Vocal Activity of Blackbirds at a winter Roost

Rising and Roosting of a pair of Resident Starlings in Winter and early Spring

The Spring Migration of the Redstart over Europe

Reviews

Notes

Notes from reservoirs and Sewage farms. Staffordshire Reservoirs, 1937

Birds of Inner London

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