Notes

01 March 1967
Comments Notes Lesser Kestrels feeding after dark on insects attracted to artificial light.--At dusk each evening during 13th- 15th May 1964, at Titov Veles, Yugoslavia, I watched up to 43 Lesser Kestrels Falco naumanni hawking for moths and other insects in the vicinit...
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Notes

01 February 1967
Comments Notes Fulmars sitting in trees.--Fulmars Fulmarus glaciatis in east Sutherland have been noted for their versatility ever since Frank Darling and Averil Morley recorded that they -were frequenting the roof of Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, in 1947 {Brit. Birds, 40: ...
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Notes

01 November 1954
Comments Notes known that the Heron {Ardea cinerea) frequently eats eels, but there are probably few photographs in existence showing - the nestling's capacity to swallow them. The photograph reproduced on plate 65 was taken at Noorden, Holland, on May 1st, iqj4,. when ...
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