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01 April 1945 Comments Letters SIRS,'--With reference t o Mr. Howard Bentham's record of a pair of SongThrushes (Turdus e. ericetorum) rearing two broods in t h e same nest (antea, p. 157), it may be of interest t o report t h a t , in 1944, in my garden in Mawganin-Pydar, I obtained m... Read More

Notes

01 April 1945 Comments Notes SINCE I find no reference to the courtship-feeding of the female Linnet (Carduelis c. cannabina) by the male in the Handbook of British Birds, perhaps the following m a y be of interest. On April 24th, 1944, a number of Linnets were feeding on weed seeds... Read More

Notes on the Territory and Breeding Behaviour of Blackcap and Garden-Warbler

01 April 1945 Comments Main paper THE following observations on the Blackcap (Sylvia a. atricapilla) and the Garden-Warbler (Sylvia borin) were made in Colwick Woods, Nottinghamshire, an area of wood and parkland about two miles square. Ten pairs of each species were the maximum number u... Read More

Notes

01 April 1941 Comments Notes THE recoveries of ringed Redwings (Turdus musicus), though still few, are of sufficient interest to bring together in a separate note. No recovery of a ringed Redwing was reported until early in 1938, although up to that time 576 had been marked. Then tw... Read More