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01 May 1943 Comments Notes 1942 I had excellent opportunities of observing the birds which frequent the southern shores of Ayr Bay, between the mouth of the river Doon and the Heads of Ayr. As a result I have been able to add three new birds to the Ayrshire list, and I include one...

Recovery of Marked Birds

01 May 1943 Comments Main paper Longridge (Lancs), 21.3.42. Hartshorne (Derby) 25.4.42. OkL Buckenham (Norfolk), 5-M*Meare (Som), 25.1.42. Oskarstrom (Hailand), Sweden, 28.3.42. Ely (Cambs), 13.11.42. St. Biazey (Comwall), i r . 1.42. Farnborough (Hants), 23.3.42. Nethera von (Wilts) Ro...

The Aerodynamics of the Drumming of the Common Snipe

01 May 1943 Comments Main paper has been written concerning the drumming of the Common Snipe (Capella g, gaUittago), and the fact that it is caused by the Vibration of the outer pair of tail-feathers, accompanied by the quivering of the wings, has long been well known; the aerodynamics ...

Notes

01 April 1943 Comments Notes MARTINSON of Foresters Lodge, Wolsingham, in the Wear valley, rcports that from January ioth to 28th, 1943, he had under Observation five Two-barred Crossbills (Loxia l. bifasciala). Flocks of the Common Crossbill (Loxia c. curvirostra) have been present...

Bird Notes from Lincolnshire, 1934-1942

01 April 1943 Comments Main paper THE following records from Lincolnshire over the past nine years it is hoped may provide some interest in that as the period concerned is of some length, some idea of the frequency of the occurrences of some of the species mentioned may be furnished. Ther...

Report of the Bird-Ringing Committee

01 April 1943 Comments Main paper THIS is the sixth report* issued on behalf of the Bird-Ringing Committee of the British Trust for Ornithology, continuing the earlier sequence of reports by H. F. Witherby published from 1910 onwards under the title " The British Birds Marking Scheme." Ac...

The index of Heron Population, 1942

01 April 1943 Comments Main paper THE number of heronries concerning which reports for 1942 have been received at the Edward Grey Institute was only 90, of which only 2 were in Scotland, only 4 in Wales and none in south-east England. Major A. W. Boyd again collected statistics for nearly...