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01 October 1973 Comments Notes Bonaparte's Gull in Cornwall 'foot-paddling' to disturb organisms I was interested in the note by Philip A. Gregory and John Cantelo and in the accompanying editorial comments (Brit. Birds, 64: 76-77) on a Sabine's Gull Larus sabini persistentl...

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01 September 1961 Comments Notes Manx Shearwater d i g g i n g by daylight.--At about 2.30 p.m. on 15th May 1961, I was walking in bright sunlight on a sloping cliff on Skokholm, Pembrokeshire, when I heard a Manx Shearwater (Procellaria puffinus) calling from its burrow. Kneeling down w...

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01 July 1944 Comments Notes The following observations are for the year 1943. KESTREL (Falco t. tinnunculus).--On July 17th I noticed a female which after landing on the ground started to run about with its body in a crouching attitude and gait a fast lope. The bird appeared to be ...

A Study of the inland Food Habits of the Common Curlew

01 July 1944 Comments Main paper T H I S investigation of the food habits of the Common Curlew (Numenius a. arquata) during the flocking period was prompted by the results obtained in the Redshank Inquiry (antea, Vol. xxxvi, PP-29-33)In August, 1942, Miss Hibbert-Ware agreed to a request...

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A Study of the inland Food Habits of the Common Curlew

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