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01 July 1959 Comments Letters B L A C K B I R D S F E E D I N G ON M A R I N E W O R M S S I R S , -- I can confirm the note by Mr. Roger Harkness (antea, p. 97) on Blackbirds (Turdus merula) feeding on marine worms, strangely enough from the same part of Hampshire--at Hill Head, whic... Read More

Visible migration in N.E. Norfolk in November 1956

01 July 1959 Comments Main paper IN THE LATE AUTUMN of 1956 my wife and I watched for visible migration near Cromer in north-east Norfolk on thirteen days during the period 31st October-i5th November. Our actual observation point was the cliff top at East Runton which is about two miles ... Read More

Photographic studies of some less familiar birds: XCLX. Alpine Swift

01 July 1959 Comments Main paper T H E ALPINE S W I F T (Apus melba) is paler and considerably larger than its more wide-spread cousin, the Common Swift [A. apus). It is brown instead of black, and has a white belly separated from a white throat by a brown breast-band (plate 38 upper). O... Read More

Wader migration in North America and its relation to transatlantic crossings

01 July 1959 Comments Main paper IT IS NOW generally accepted that the American waders which occur each autumn in western Europe have crossed the Atlantic unaided, in many (if not most) cases without stopping on the way. Yet we are far from being able to answer all the questions which ar... Read More