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01 October 1946 Comments Notes THE following records of young birds returning to their nest after having left it may be of interest (cf. antea, pp. 26, 152, 178, 246). Greenfinch (Chloris c. chloris). Five hatched. Flew May 30th, 1946. Back in nest 4.30 p.m., summer time, and remained...

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01 June 1946 Comments Notes WITH reference to Lt.-Col. B. H. Ryves's statement (antea, p. 43) that all species of buntings are absent in the Scillies, it may be of interest to record that my husband and I saw and heard several Corn-Buntings {Emberiza calandra) in song on St. Agnes,...

Further Notes on Territory in the Great Crested Grebe

01 August 1936 Comments Main paper THE writers (6) have previously published an account of territorial fighting in the Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps c. cristatus) on Frensham Ponds, Surrey, between 1932 and 1934. On Great Pond (69! acres) six to seven pairs nested close together with no ob...

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...

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01 June 1933 Comments Notes O N April 8th, 1933, the Blackbird which sings from the apex of our cottage on Skokholm Island, Pembrokeshire, was displaced by a small finch whose song I have never heard before. It was linnet-like, but much fainter, and I put down the notes " tu-tee, t...

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01 March 1933 Comments Notes IN an article on the Marsh- and Willow-Tits (antea, Vol. XXIV., p. 319), Mr. J. Walpole Bond stated that he had never seen or heard of a nest of a Marsh-Tit (Parus palustris dresseri) in masonry. It may, therefore, be of interest to record that I found s...

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Further Notes on Territory in the Great Crested Grebe

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