Notes

01 January 1935
Comments Notes I N connexion with Mr. Bertram Lloyd's note on this subject (antea, pp. 206-7), the following m a y be of interest:-- On October 17th, 1930, while watching duck on the Gosforth Park Bird Sanctuary lake, Northumberland, I noticed a couple of female Shovel...
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Notes

01 May 1932
Comments Notes IN the Practical Handbook of British Birds, Vol. I., p. 501, it is stated that " t h e British Dipper (Cinclus c, gularis) is very scarce in . . . Durham". This statement is certainly misleading, as the Dipper is plentifully distributed on the banks of a...
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Notes

01 March 1932
Comments Notes SOME time ago there was discussion in British Birds on the habit of the male Hedge-Sparrow pecking at the cloaca of the female during courtship display. I have not seen reference to this habit with the House-Sparrow (Passer d. domesticus) and the followi...
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