Departure of Swifts

01 January 1945
Comments Main paper THE arrival and departure of migrants are usually recorded by the dates upon which the first and last birds are seen. The arrival date of the first bird of any migrant species is usually fairly close to the arrival of the main bulk of that species : even ...
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The Manx Shearwater on Lundy

01 December 1944
Comments Main paper (Plate 5). THE status of the Manx Shearwater (Puffinus p. puffinus) on Lundy has long been problematical. It has been repeatedly stated to breed, but only very few observers have been able to obtain positive proof of this and no one has succeeded in estab...
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