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01 December 1963 Comments Notes my last note on the recovery of Starlings marked at Bradfield, Berkshire (Brit. Birds, VI., p. 13), twenty-five captures have to be recorded. Only two of these occurred abroad, or indeed more than five miles from the place where they were ringed, viz. :-...

Recovery of Marked Birds

01 December 1963 Comments Main paper T H E following have kindly sent Â· in subscriptions towards t h e expenses of the Marking Scheme since the last acknowledgment was made : Messrs. A. E . Aldous, J. S. Allison, C. F . Archibald, A. BanKes, R. M. Barrington, K. O. Blyth, P. A. Buxton, t ...

Snipe and Redshank Nesting in Sussex

01 December 1963 Comments Main paper in Ms excellent work The Birds of Sussex, published nearly a quarter of a century ago, thus summarizes the status of the Common Snipe in the county as a breeding species : " The Snipe breeds sparingly in Sussex, b u t the nest has been found now and then ...

News and Comment

01 December 1955 Comments News and comment Nature Conservancy's new experimental station.--Monks' Wood Experimental Station at Abbots Ripton, Huntingdonshire, was officially opened by Lord Hailsham on 28th October. This major research station has been specifically built for its purpose by the Natu...

Field-notes on some Asian Leaf-Warblers-I

01 July 1955 Comments Main paper ONLY three species of leaf-warblers or willow-warblers* (Phylloscopus) are common and regular visitors to Britain, but twelve forms, belonging to nine different species, have been recorded at one time or another. These, however, represent less than half t...

Do English Woodpigeons Migrate?

01 July 1955 Comments Main paper T H E object of this short paper is to draw attention to a curious problem in the hope that others will help in solving it. The observations here described, made independently by Lack round Oxford and by Ridpath in Kent and Sussex, cannot be satisfactoril...

Photographic studies of some less Familiar birds: LXV. Marmora's Warbler

01 July 1955 Comments Main paper (Plates 41-44) THOUGH the Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata) is to be found on the islands of the western Mediterranean, it is there much outnumbered by its close relative, Marmora's Warbler (S. sarda), which has a very limited range from Tunis, Algeria, an...

Notes on the post-Juvenile Moult and first-winter plumage in the Pheasant

01 July 1955 Comments Main paper T H I S note has been prompted by a few inaccuracies which have persisted in The Handbook of British Birds on the post-juvenile moult and first-winter plumage of the Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus). Since its first edition in 1941, another six impressions ...

The passage of Black Terns Through Britain in Autumn 1954

01 July 1955 Comments Main paper (Fair Isle Bird Observatory) T H E unusual passage of Black Terns (Chlidonias niger) through the British Isles during the spring of 1954 has been discussed by Dickens (1955)- This was followed by an equally abnormal passage during the autumn. There appear...

Recent reports

01 July 1955 Comments News and comment (These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records) This summary is mainly concerned with the last fortnight of May and the first half of June, but it includes some observations from early May and to that extent overlaps with the previous one...

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