Notes

01 June 1978
Comments Notes Cattle Egrets feeding on refuse tip. During a study of scavenging by birds in Uganda, D. E. Pomeroy (Ibis 117: 69-81) observed considerable numbers of Cattle Egrets Bubulcus ibis feeding on Natate refuse tip in Kampala. Although they were proba...
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Notes

01 April 1958
Comments Notes Fish-hook in Heron's pellet.--In March 1956 Tom Schutte brought me the pellet of a Heron (Ardea cinerea) that he had found on the 4th of that month, by the River Beane at Waterford, Hertfordshire. It was composed almost entirely of fur (? W a t e r Vole, ...
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