Notes

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. :-...
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Recovery of Marked Birds

01 December 1963
Comments Main paper T H E following have kindly sent · 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 ...
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Notes

01 November 1963
Comments Notes IT has long been known that, in the Common Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) the mandibles cross indifferently on either side in different individuals. Recently, however, for a special purpose, I desired to ascertain whether or not individuals having the man...
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A Student of Gulls.

01 November 1963
Comments Main paper THAT Ornithology sustained a heavy potential loss by the death of Ewen Kennedy, in 1909, a t the early age of twenty-eight, is evident by a perusal of his notes, put together in beautiful form* by the loving hand of his sister, Mrs. Maedonald. Beyond a ch...
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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...
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