Notes

01 December 1944
Comments Notes I HAVE previously (antea, Vol. xxxiii, p. 265) given examples from the Robin (Erithacus rubecula) and the Blackcock (Lyrurus tetrix) of a male attempting to disturb the coition of another pair. Similar behaviour is characteristic of geese and swans, as n...
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Reviews

01 June 1944
Comments Reviews Report of the Oxford Ornithological Society on the Birds of Oxfordshire, Berkshire ' and Buckinghamshire, 1942. Edited by B . W. Tucker (University Museum, Oxford). T H I S report, which shows how well t h e society maintains its activity, contains as us...
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Notes

01 August 1936
Comments Notes A NEST of a Carrion-Crow (Corvus c. corone) in a willow tree in Walland Marsh, Kent, had a clutch of eggs which was taken on April 12th, 1936. On May 17th, the nest contained another clutch of eggs which were exactly like the first. The nest did not appe...
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