Notes

01 March 1948 Comments Notes ON July 19th, 1947, whilst cycling near Heytesbury, Wiltshire, I heard some Magpies (P. p. pica) chattering, as though alarmed, in a hawthorn not far from the road. I turned and was just in time to see a Carrion Crow (Corvus c. corone) strike a Magpie to...
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01 May 1929 Comments Notes IN April, 1926, close to my house in Mawgan-in-Pydar, north Cornwall, I found the nest of a Long-tailed Tit (Mgithalos c. rosea) in a low thorn bush, in process of construction. When incubation was commenced, I noticed the tip of the bird's tail projecti...
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01 September 1928 Comments Notes " RINGERS " are requested to send in to the Editor, not later than October 1st, their schedules, together with a list showing the number of each species ringed. BLUE-HEADED WAGTAIL BREEDING IN NORTH ENGLAND. IT was so long ago as 1869-70 that Motacilla f...
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