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Plumage changes observed in an Iceland Gull in Somersetshire

01 December 1934 Comments Main paper THE Iceland Gull (Larus leucopterus), previously recorded in these pages from the Bristol district, has been observed on a number of occasions since the last published note (antea, Vol. XXVII., pp. 170-1), the latest being on October 7th, 1934. With the e...

Territory in the Great Crested Grebe

01 December 1934 Comments Main paper I N their review of territory in bird life, D. and L. Lack (6) consider t h a t the claims for territory have been much exaggerated and that, especially, there is not adequate proof in any species t h a t territorial behaviour has food value. I t was furt...

On a flock of Razorbills in Middlesex Found to be Infested with Intestinal flukes

01 December 1934 Comments Main paper ON October 26th, 1934, a Razorbill (Alca torda) was sent to the Bird Room of the British Museum, in the flesh, by Mr. John Stilgoe, Chief Engineer of the Hampton Waterworks, who had recovered it from the Littleton Reservoir, where it had been picked up de...

The Names of the Song-Thrushes

01 December 1934 Comments Main paper IN the article on " Additions and Alterations to the British List" in the September issue of this magazine it was stated (p. 96) that the proposed alterations in the names of the Song-Thrushes would be postponed here until the point regarding the name phi...

Some Breeding-Habits of the British Willow-Tit

01 November 1934 Comments Main paper F, WITHEEBY has recently described methods by which the Willow-Tit [Partis a. kleinschmidti) bores its nestinghole [aniea, Vol. XXVII., pp. 320-324). Unfortunately the pair of birds which he had under observation deserted the site before the nesting-hole...

Supplementary Notes on the Breeding-Habits of the Corn-Bunting as observed in North Cornwall in 1934

01 November 1934 Comments Main paper THESE notes on the Corn-Bunting [Emberiza c. calandra) are the results of further observations undertaken during the breeding-season of 1934 and should be read in conjunction with the work already done and published in British Birds, Vol. XXVIII., pp. 2-2...

An Attacking Tawny Owl

01 October 1934 Comments Main paper SOME few years ago I decided to enlarge upon the ordinary types of nesting-boxes, with which the garden was already overstocked, and to branch out on a new line. Accordingly I constructed three very large and spacious boxes, which I deemed would be quite...

A Census of Water-Birds on the Highgate and Kenwood Ponds

01 October 1934 Comments Main paper THIS census was undertaken during the six months' period from New Year's Day to the end of June, 1934. Observations were made on the water-birds on the communicating chain of ponds in Kenwood and Highgate, on the east side of Hampstead Heath. There are in...

Movements of Ringed Birds from Abroad to the British Isles and from the British Isles Abroad

01 September 1934 Comments Main paper Only in the last few years have we obtained records to show the origin of our winter immigrant Rooks, but the information is now gradually accumulating. So far we have no ringing record of a British-bred Rook migrating oversea.*For previous parts see Vol....

The Gannet Colonies of Iceland

01 September 1934 Comments Main paper THE following notes on colonies of the Gannet (Sula bassana) in Iceland are based on two personal visits in 1932 and 1933, and on one by my brother, Sub.-Lieut. P. L. Roberts, R.N., in 1934. There are at present six islands off the Icelandic coast where G...

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