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01 May 1946 Comments Letters SIRS,--Mr. N. D. Pullen, Mr. H. G. Hurrell and Miss N. C. Hicks (antea, Vol. xxxviii, pp. 206, 300 and 360) have drawn attention t o an interesting problem of behaviour. I have observed t h e " digging " in the bottom of the nest, as described by the abov...

Notes

01 May 1946 Comments Notes DURING a continuation of observations on migration in the Trent Valley near Nottingham in 1945, the following species were noted, most of the records being the first for the county and therefore worthy of-record. ICTERINE WARBLER (Hippolais icterina),--A...

Some Remarks on Sex behaviour of Doves

01 May 1946 Comments Main paper The Handbook of British Birds' (Vol. v, p. 280) states on the authority of O. and M. Heinroth that the male Rock-Dove [Columba livid) feeds the female before coition. I think one may safely assume that the pairing ceremonials of the wild and domesticated ...

Studies of Some Species Rarely Photographed. IV. The Marsh-Warbler

01 May 1946 Comments Main paper (Plates 17-19). THE scarce and local Marsh-Warbler (Acrocephalus palustris) is only known to breed regularly in Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Dorset, Sussex and Kent. In some other counties, such as Oxfordshire, it appears to do so with fair...

Notes on the Breeding Biology of the Crested Lark

01 May 1946 Comments Main paper THE following observations on the breeding biology of the Asiatic race of the Crested Lark (Galerida cristata magna) were made near Gaza in southern Palestine in the months of May to July, 1944. Crested Larks were common residents on the dry, rolling down...

All the year Breeding of the Rock-Dove

01 May 1946 Comments Main paper Following my finding of Rock-Doves (Columba I. livia) in full nesting activity in January, 1944, at Eathie Shore by Cromarty, (antea, Vol. xxxvii, p. 237) I decided that it would be worth while to keep a watch on the nesting places all the year round ; fo...

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01 January 1943 Comments Notes THE Handbook of British Birds states that on the continent Magpies may roost in hundreds, but I have not heard of a roost of any magnitude in this country. On March 30th, 1942 near Northallerton the chattering of Magpies (Pica p. pica) drew my attention ...

Obituary: Rear-Admiral Hubert Lynes (1874-1942)

01 January 1943 Comments Obituaries (1874-1942) ORNITHOLOGISTS all over the world and a host of friends will greatly deplore the loss of Rear-Admiral Lynes, whose death took place after a short illness on November 10th, 1942, at a Naval Hospital. Hubert Lynes was born on November 27th, 187...

An index to the Thames Kingfisher Recovery

01 January 1943 Comments Main paper THE winter of 1939-40 was an abnormally severe one in the British Isles. The weather and its effect on bird life have been summarised by Ticehurst and Witherby (antea Vol. xxxiv, pp. 118 and 142) who describe the devastating " bottle frost " --i.e. the th...

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Letters

Notes

Some Remarks on Sex behaviour of Doves

Studies of Some Species Rarely Photographed. IV. The Marsh-Warbler

Notes on the Breeding Biology of the Crested Lark

All the year Breeding of the Rock-Dove

Notes

Obituary: Rear-Admiral Hubert Lynes (1874-1942)

An index to the Thames Kingfisher Recovery

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