Notes

01 March 1935
Comments Notes I SPENT the months August-November (inclusive), 1934, on holiday at Salcombe, south Devon. Most of my time was engaged in bird-observing, and the following notes may be of interest:-- CUCKOO (Cuculus c. canorus).--One was calling strongly on Bolt Head, e...
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Notes

01 November 1934
Comments Notes IN the Scottish Naturalist, 1926, p. 159, 0. H. Wild and J. M. McWilliam showed that the bills of the Twites (Carduelis flavirostris) in Islay, in the nesting-season, were not yellow, but definitely horn-coloured, with no trace of yellow. In May and June...
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01 January 1934
Comments Notes THE Tree-Sparrow (Passer m, montanus) is sparingly distributed in Leicestershire, and up to November 19th, 1933, I had never met with more than six or seven together at one time, although I have heard of a flock of about forty being seen on the Melton si...
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