Notes

01 December 1955
Comments Notes Peregrines rearing young Kestrels.--On n t h April 1963 W. N. Charles and I flushed a Peregrine {Fako peregrinus) from its eyrie in an old Raven (Corvus corax) nest in the Dumfriesshire hills. There were four eggs, one of which we took (under licence) for...
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Notes

01 June 1955
Comments Notes Alternative leg positions of birds in cold weather.--It is known that some shore birds, particularly gulls and waders, will adopt alternative leg positions to prevent their feet freezing in cold weather, for example by flying with them tucked forward into...
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Notes

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 ...
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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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