Sultana, J, Jones, P. H, McLean, I, Sutton, G. A, Cawston, A. C, Haywood, P. B, West, D. G. H, Venables, U. M, V, L. S, Sultana, J, Jones, P. H, McLean, I, Sutton, G. A, Cawston, A. C, Haywood, P. B, West, D. G. H, Venables, U. M, V, L. S, Sultana, J, Jones, P. H, McLean, I, V, L. S & Venables, U. M / April 1958 – vol. 51, issue 4–⁠161

Fish-hook in Heron's pellet.--In March 1956 Tom Schutte brought me the pellet of a Heron (Ardea cinerea) that he had found on the 4th of that month, by the River Beane at Waterford, Hertfordshire. It was composed almost entirely of fur (? W a t e r Vole, Arvicola amphibius), but embedded in it was a complete fishinghook, three-quarters of and inch long, and some n j inches of g u t .Heron (1954), a...

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