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Singing of Birds on Malta and Gozo

01 December 1946 Comments Main paper THE following notes on the singing and calling of birds, mostly of species on the British List, were made on Malta and Gozo between September, 1941, and July 1945. They do not pretend to be eompreprehensive on the subject of bird song on these islands, bu...

Notes on the food of some British Birds

01 December 1946 Comments Main paper As there is little or no information in The Handbook of British Birds, concerning the food of the Shetland Starling (Sturnus vulgaris zetlandicus), Hebridean Stonechat (Saxicola torquata theresce), Iceland Redshank (Tringa totanus robusta), and Irish Red...

Recovery of Marked Birds

01 December 1946 Comments Main paper Bamsley (Yorks), 13.2.46. [31m. SSW.]. (considered t o be continental winter-visitor). Ditto 5.2.46, by Bootham Grantham (Lines), 24.3.46. School. [ 7 5 m - SSE.]. Ditto 23.2.42. Ringkobing (Jylland), Denmark, 1942. Ditto 26.1.42. Aaby (Fyn), Denmark, 24....

The Clutch-size of the Yellowhammer

01 December 1946 Comments Main paper IN I044 one of us (K.P.) undertook an intensive study of the nesting of the Yellowhammer {Emberiza ciirinclla) near Oxford. In conversation, it was found that this confirmed the seasonal variations in clutch-size found for the Robin (Erithacus rubccula) b...

Letters

01 December 1946 Comments Letters SIRS,--Writing in British Birds (antea, p . 214) on t h e question of the soft parts coloration in the Crested Tit (Parus cristatus) I made reference to having examined in t h e course of my studies "some dozens" of specimens. I t is now evident t h a t m...

Reviews

01 December 1946 Comments Reviews Birmingham and District Bird Club : Twelfth Annual Report on the Birds of Warwickshire, Worcestershire and South Staffordshire, KJJ.V T H E section of classified notes in this report is very short compared with some other county publications and a weakne...

Notes

01 December 1946 Comments Notes ON April 26th, 1946, I found near Portchester, Hants., the nest of a Magpie (Pica p. pica) containing eleven eggs, all very round in shape and smaller than usual. Only one hen was observed at the nest, which is in a hawthorn and has been used for years ;...

Letter

01 September 1943 Comments Letters SIRS --It was with very great interest t h a t I read the articles on incubation in the June and July numbers by Col. Ryves and Mr. Tucker. From reading these articles I realised t h a t I must have had a quite unique experience regarding incubation by th...

Notes

01 September 1943 Comments Notes DURING the last year I have been able to pay regular visits to the Sewage Farm just outside the town of Bedford and amongst the many birds seen, the following seem worthy of note. I am grateful to Mr. B. O. Clifford and Mr. A. J. Swain for providing me wi...

Nest-Site Selection by birds

01 September 1943 Comments Main paper T H E late F . C. R. Jourdain writing on " Our Present Knowledge of the Breeding-Biology of B i r d s " (antea, Vol. xxiv, p. 135) remarked : "Every detail of the life of the bird is important. For example most valuable and interesting light is thrown on ...

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Singing of Birds on Malta and Gozo

Notes on the food of some British Birds

Recovery of Marked Birds

The Clutch-size of the Yellowhammer

Letters

Reviews

Notes

Letter

Notes

Nest-Site Selection by birds

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