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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01 January 1943 Comments Notes THE Handbook of British Birds states that on the continent Magpies may roost in hundreds, but I have not heard of a roost of any magnitude in this country. On March 30th, 1942 near Northallerton the chattering of Magpies (Pica p. pica) drew my attention ...
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01 June 1936 Comments Notes IN the middle of October, 1935, to my great pleasure I found that a flock of Crossbills (Loxia curvirostra) had arrived in a larch plantation near my home in Surrey, and the following observations which I have been able to make on the bird's method of fe...
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01 May 1933 Comments Notes As the Jackdaw (Colceusm. spermologus) is a bird not usually subject to variation, some notes on a local variety seen at Douglas may be of interest. These white-winged Jackdaws are best described as having on the outer primary a white spot or " mirror " e...
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01 December 1931 Comments Notes O N comparing m y notes, made on several visits to Cornwall during t h e last five years, with Clark's list in t h e Victoria History of Cornwall, 1906, I find the following items worth recording. CIRL BUNTING (Emberiza cirlus).--One sang near Marazion i...
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