Cliff-Breeding in the House-Martin

01 June 1939 Comments Main paper IN response to the editorial appeal (antea, Vol. XXXII, p, 118) for information on cliff-breeding in the House-Martin (Delichon u, urbica) a number of observers have sent in records. From these it is obvious that breeding under natural conditions is far m...
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Notes

01 February 1939 Comments Notes IT is a well-known fact that the Moustached Warbler (Lusciniola m. melanofogon) often builds its nest among reeds under the knots made by fishermen tying reeds together in Hungary, as stated in The Handbook of British Birds (Vol. II, p. 30). On a visit t...
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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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