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The moult migration of Shelduck from Cheshire in 1956

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Recent reports and news

01 January 1962 Comments News and comment [These ate largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records] Our last summary reviewed the occurrences of unusual Passerines and of all American species from early August to November, against a background of the more striking movements of common land ...

Notes

01 January 1962 Comments Notes G o l d e n E a g l e a t t a c k i n g Reindeer.--With reference to the recent papers by Dr. K. Curry-Lindahl and Dr. G. Bergman on the food and feeding habits of birds of prey in Fenno-Scandia (Brit, Birds, 54: 297-306, 307-320), it may be of interest t...

Studies of less familiar birds 116. Crested Lark

01 January 1962 Comments Main paper cristatd) here, but they show the salient features very well. The species gets its name from the long upstanding crest which arises from the middle of its crown and which is conspicuous even when depressed. Many other larks have crests and inexperienced o...

Observations on a Honey Buzzard digging out a wasps' nest

01 January 1962 Comments Main paper O N 22ND A N D 23RD S E P T E M B E R I 9 5 9, I had an opportunity of watching and photographing a Honey Buzzard (Perms apivorus) digging out a wasps' nest in Utterslev Mose, north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The wasps were of the common species (Vespa vulga...

A study of suburban bird-life at Dollis Hill

01 January 1962 Comments Open Access IntroductionUntil the present time no thorough or systematic survey of the distribution and behaviour of the birds of a suburban area has appeared since F . D . Power's Ornithological Notes from a South London Suburb...

The "Invasion" type of bird migration

01 August 1957 Comments Main paper FOOD-SHORTAGE IS generally assumed to be involved in those emigrations that are called " i r r u p t i o n s " or " i n v a s i o n s " (these terms of course, being applied in the areas into which the birds come). W h a t it seemed most urgent to explain...

Editorial

01 August 1957 Comments Editorials MANY KIND THINGS have been written in the Press about the fiftieth anniversary of the first publication of British Birds, including a leading article in The Times, an editorial in The Field and appreciative notes in Country Life, the Observer and the Sund...

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The moult migration of Shelduck from Cheshire in 1956

Notes

Reviews

Recent reports and news

Notes

Studies of less familiar birds 116. Crested Lark

Observations on a Honey Buzzard digging out a wasps' nest

A study of suburban bird-life at Dollis Hill

The "Invasion" type of bird migration

Editorial

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