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Wigeon X Chiloe Wigeon hybrid resembling American Wigeon

01 April 1968 Comments Main paper It has been established that some interspecific hybrids among ducks and geese (Anatidae) strongly resemble one parent or even another species altogether, thus causing problems in field-identification. An extreme case in Britain is the hybrid Pochard Ay...

Studies of less familiar birds: 147. Cory's Shearwater

01 April 1968 Comments Main paper Various changes have been made in the scientific nomenclature of Cory's Shearwater since the publication of The Handbook of British Birds (1938-41). Not only has the specific name kuhlii been replaced by diomedea, in accordance with the rale of priorit...

Little Swift in Co. Cork

01 April 1968 Comments Main paper On the evening of 12th June 1967, on Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork, I was sitting on top of a steep ridge overlooking Cummer, a narrow col situated between the north and south harbours. The soft evening light was directly behind me and it was perfectly c...

Obituary: William Maitland Congreve, MC(1883-1967)

01 April 1968 Comments Main paper Major W. M. Congreve died in his sleep at his home in Bradford-onAvon, Wiltshire, on 31 st December 1967, All who met 'Mait' Congreve in later life will recall with admiration his determined efforts to overcome his handicap of an advancing and cripplin...

Influx of Great Shearwaters in autumn 1965

01 April 1968 Comments Main paper From August to October 1965 unprecedented concentrations of Great Shearwaters Puffinus gravis, with smaller numbers of Cory's Shearwaters Calonectris diomedea, were recorded off the western and northern coasts of Britain and Ireland. There was also an ...

Singing of Birds on Malta and Gozo

01 December 1946 Comments Main paper THE following notes on the singing and calling of birds, mostly of species on the British List, were made on Malta and Gozo between September, 1941, and July 1945. They do not pretend to be eompreprehensive on the subject of bird song on these islands, bu...

Notes on the food of some British Birds

01 December 1946 Comments Main paper As there is little or no information in The Handbook of British Birds, concerning the food of the Shetland Starling (Sturnus vulgaris zetlandicus), Hebridean Stonechat (Saxicola torquata theresce), Iceland Redshank (Tringa totanus robusta), and Irish Red...

Recovery of Marked Birds

01 December 1946 Comments Main paper Bamsley (Yorks), 13.2.46. [31m. SSW.]. (considered t o be continental winter-visitor). Ditto 5.2.46, by Bootham Grantham (Lines), 24.3.46. School. [ 7 5 m - SSE.]. Ditto 23.2.42. Ringkobing (Jylland), Denmark, 1942. Ditto 26.1.42. Aaby (Fyn), Denmark, 24....

The Clutch-size of the Yellowhammer

01 December 1946 Comments Main paper IN I044 one of us (K.P.) undertook an intensive study of the nesting of the Yellowhammer {Emberiza ciirinclla) near Oxford. In conversation, it was found that this confirmed the seasonal variations in clutch-size found for the Robin (Erithacus rubccula) b...

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