Notes

01 February 1962 Comments Notes British-ringed Manx Shearwater recovered in Australia,--The Bird Ringing Committee of the British Trust for Ornithology has received a letter dated 22nd November 1961, which reports that the feathers and bones of a sea-bird "black or dark on top with whit...
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01 July 1940 Comments Notes AT a rookery in Surrey, on March 30th, 1940, at 12.5 p.m., Rooks (Corvus f. frugilegus) were seen to change over at the nest. One bird--obviously a male--flew in and standing on the nest edge fed his plainly visible mate. During the meal wing-action by t...
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01 November 1928 Comments Notes IN the following cases during 1928, from west Sussex, the period of incubation has been calculated from the day on which the last egg was laid until the day or days of hatching. The fledging-period from the day or days of hatching until the day or days o...
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