Notes

01 November 1937
Comments Notes W E have received the following notes additional to those already published on this subject (cf. antea, p. 149). KENT.--A bird which from the description appeared to be an immature female was seen by Mr. J. R. Tart at Dungeness early in June. SUSSEX.--A ...
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Letters

01 January 1935
Comments Letters SIRS,--1 read with interest Mr. Rickman's note regarding the nesting oi the Pintail in Dumbartonshire (antea, p, 206). For many years I have kept and bred Pintail at Tullichewan, which is only about two or three miles from the spot where Mr. Rickman found...
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Notes

01 January 1929
Comments Notes ON May 4th, 1928, I watched a Goldfinch (Carduelis c. britannica) snapping off the stalks, about two inches from the head, of some " Forget-me-nots " (Myosotis) in our garden in west Sussex. The bird, which was accompanied by a second bird, soon flew off...
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