Recent reports

01 February 1965
Comments News and comment (These ate largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records) This summary is concerned with the two months from late November to late January. It thus follows on after those in the December and January issues {Brit. Birds, 57: 523-524; 58: 31-32) and ...
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News and Comment

01 February 1965
Comments News and comment Ten years of ' T h e Ring'--The King, a journal devoted to the broad international aspects of bird-ringing, recently had its tenth anniversary. The first edition of this quarterly, -which is edited by Dr. W, Rydzcwski and published by the Polish Zoologica...
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Request for information

01 February 1965
Comments Editorials Past breeding success of Golden Eagles in Scotland.--In view of the disquieting report by Dr. J. D. Lockic and Dr. D. A. Ratcliffe of a marked decline in the nesting success of Golden Eagles Aquih chrysaefos in a part of western Scotland (Brii. Birds, 57:...
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Notes

01 February 1965
Comments Notes Unusual numbers of Sooty Shearwaters in the eastern English Channel.--A substantial passage of Sooty Shearwaters Procellaria griseusflyingwestwards down the English Channel was observed at Cap Gris Nez, Pas de Calais, France, at the time of a westerly gal...
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Notes

01 April 1946
Comments Notes IN the autumn of 1945 I have noticed Jackdaws (Corvus monedula spermologus) frequenting two holes in different beeches close together, at Westerham, Kent, but have been unable to prove definitely that they were breeding. A Jackdaw was seen to leave one h...
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Notes on the food of the Kestrel

01 April 1946
Comments Main paper THE following information has been gathered as the result of analyses of 206 pellets of the Kestrel (Fako t. timmnculus) collected at regular intervals between July 1st, 1944, and March 24th, 1945, from a roost in an old shed and are believed, from feathe...
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