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Migrants through Malta and Gozo: October, 1941 to July, 1945

01 March 1947 Comments Main paper In Autumn 1941 and spring 1945, I had an opportunity of noting the comings and goings of migrants through the islands of Malta and Gozo. The vast majority of the birds seen were British birds, in so far as they are on the British List, and were passage...

Territory in the Ringed Plover

01 March 1947 Comments Main paper IN July, 1944, I had an opportunity of studying the territorial behaviour of Ringed Plover (Charadrius h. hiaticula), at Malahide, Co. Dublin, where large numbers nest in and around the tern colony. The conditions for observation were exceptionally fav...

Notes on the birds of Abberton Reservoir, Esses

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01 June 1943 Comments Notes As The Handbook of British Birds states that the Wood-Lark (Lullula a. arborea) does not apparently now nest in Essex, it is perhaps worth recording that on April n t h , 1943 I found a nest of this species on a piece of rough ground a few miles south of...

An investigation into the roles of males in relation to incubation

01 June 1943 Comments Main paper IN response to the Editor's request, I will endeavour in this paper to throw some fresh light on the subject of Incubation, of which we appear to have far from a full understanding. I claim no more than an attempt to probe into a subject of great complexi...

Some Observations on the Marsh-Harrier

01 June 1943 Comments Main paper (Plates 1-4.) THE status of the Marsh-Harrier {Circus a. esruginosus) as a breeding bird in Great Britain has for many years been very precarious. For at least 45 years' prior to 1915 there are no records of successful breeding though three attempts were ...

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01 June 1943 Comments Reviews Bird Display : An Introduction to the study of Bird Psychology. By Edward A. Armstrong. (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1942). Illustrated: 2 1 / - n e t ; T H I S is certainly one of t h e most useful and welcome bird books t h a t have appeared for a long time,...

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Migrants through Malta and Gozo: October, 1941 to July, 1945

Territory in the Ringed Plover

Notes on the birds of Abberton Reservoir, Esses

Notes

Reviews

Letters

Notes

An investigation into the roles of males in relation to incubation

Some Observations on the Marsh-Harrier

Review

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