Notes

01 June 1939
Comments Notes THE recent note about Blackbirds (Turius m. merula) feeding on small fish (antea, Vol. XXXII, p. 397) recalls to me that six or seven years ago I watched a pair take repeatedly small tadpoles from a shallow bay of the Little Exe, above Dulverton. Both bir...
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Notes

01 January 1939
Comments Notes IN winter flocks of Snow-Buntings (Pledrophenax n. nivalis) frequent the summits and higher slopes of the mountains of the Lake District. Counts of these have frequently exceeded fifty birds; the largest counted was one of 117. I have seen a flock on the...
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Notes

01 February 1932
Comments Notes 1931T H E following cases of late breeding in the season of 1931 in south Norfolk and north Suffolk, though not remarkable individually, show t h a t late breeding was not uncommon in the past wet season. Greenfinch August 14th 4 Eggs (incubated). (CMoris...
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