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01 September 1939 Comments Notes PROOF of the sex of the bird choosing the nesting-site is generally so difficult to obtain that it seems worth while to record some evidence in the case of a House-Sparrow (Passer d. domesticus) in my garden in the spring of 1939. Early in March I notice...

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01 September 1934 Comments Notes A BLUE T I T (ParUS C. obscurus) had possession of one of my nesting boxes in Hampshire and laid an egg on each of four successive days. The next day, May 8th, no egg was laid, but another appeared on the 9th. I should say that I numbered each egg the da...

Obituary: Ernst Johann Otto Hartert. 1859-1933

01 January 1934 Comments Obituaries I T was with deep regret that we briefly announced in our last number the death of Dr. Hartert in Berlin. This took place on the n t h (not the ioth as stated) of November, 1933, after an illness of less than three days. Ernst Johann Otto Hartert, to giv...

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01 January 1929 Comments Notes ON May 4th, 1928, I watched a Goldfinch (Carduelis c. britannica) snapping off the stalks, about two inches from the head, of some " Forget-me-nots " (Myosotis) in our garden in west Sussex. The bird, which was accompanied by a second bird, soon flew off...

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Obituary: Ernst Johann Otto Hartert. 1859-1933

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