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01 June 1936 Comments Notes IN the middle of October, 1935, to my great pleasure I found that a flock of Crossbills (Loxia curvirostra) had arrived in a larch plantation near my home in Surrey, and the following observations which I have been able to make on the bird's method of fe...

Young Rooks, their Survival and Habits

01 April 1936 Comments Main paper I WROTE on this subject in April, 1935 (antea, Vol. XXVIII., p. 322). I have pursued it for another year and have had considerably more information, all corroborative of the preceding, but in no wise tending to increase my estimated number of surviving yo...

Habits of the Rook: Some notes on an Essex Rookery

01 March 1936 Comments Main paper FOR over twelve years I have kept regular notes on the habits of Rooks (Corvus f. frugilegus) at a rookery near my home in Essex. A considerable amount of information has been obtained during this period, but the following notes refer only to certain aspe...

A Survey of the Rooks in the Midlands

01 June 1933 Comments Main paper THE Rook (Corvus f. frugilegus) is an essential part of the English country-side. Its large size, its characteristic cawings and its habit of appearing in flocks all the year round compel attention. Although an arboreal species, so far as nesting is conce...

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01 May 1933 Comments Notes As the Jackdaw (Colceusm. spermologus) is a bird not usually subject to variation, some notes on a local variety seen at Douglas may be of interest. These white-winged Jackdaws are best described as having on the outer primary a white spot or " mirror " e...

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Young Rooks, their Survival and Habits

Habits of the Rook: Some notes on an Essex Rookery

A Survey of the Rooks in the Midlands

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