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01 March 1958 Comments Notes Glossy Ibis in D o r s e t -- O n 3rd December 1956, an adult male Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) was shot in the water meadows of the River F r o m e a t Stratton, near Dorchester, Dorset, by C. J. R. Pope. T h e bird w a s examined in the flesh by R...

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01 March 1938 Comments Notes I HAVE paid particular attention to the singing of Crossbills (Loxia c. curvirostra) for some years, on and off, and I find that the song can be divided into four main varieties. In attempting to describe these songs below, I use the two sound descriptio...

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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