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01 February 1945 Comments Letters SIRS,--With reference t o t h e letter from t h e Hon. G. Charteris (antea, p. 120), I can record three definite instances of Chaffinches having second broods. 1. I n 1938 a pair ringed b y me with coloured rings for identification nested in a holly just ...

Reviews

01 February 1945 Comments Reviews The Breeding Distribution, History and Population of the North Atlantic Gannet (Sola bassana). By James Fisher and H. G. Vevcrs. Part I.--A History of the G a n n e t s Colonies, and t h e Census in 1939. Journal of Animal Ecology, Vol. xii, pp. 173-213, ...

Notes

01 February 1945 Comments Notes I HAVE recently been particularly interested in the behaviour of Marsh- and Coal-Tits, which together with larger numbers of Blue and Great Tits, have visited the garden here at Llanymynech during about the first three weeks of October, 1944. The garden,...

Common Sandpipers on Migration in South Glamorgan

01 February 1945 Comments Main paper THE Common Sandpiper {Actitis hypoleucos) is rather rare as a breeding species in Glamorgan, even in the northern half of the county, and has only once or twice been recorded as nesting in the southern half. Birds on passage in spring and autumn are numer...

The Black-tailed Godwit in the British Isles, 1890-1937

01 September 1939 Comments Main paper IT has been known for some years that the Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) was occurring in the British Isles more often and in larger parties than formerly. At the suggestion of Dr. N. F. Ticehurst, and with his constant help, an attempt has been made...

Observation on Sand-Martins at the Nest

01 September 1939 Comments Main paper in the Sand-Martin (Riparia r. riparia) is said to be " by both sexes but positive data scanty" (F. C. R. Jourdain, 1938)* ; males had been found on eggs by Stoner {1936), but the nature of their participation in the brooding was not ascertained. We had a...

The Destruction of Buds of Trees and Shrubs by Birds

01 September 1939 Comments Main paper (Plate 2.) THE destruction of the buds of trees and shrubs by birds during late autumn, winter and spring, is a perennial source of complaint by fruit-powers and gardeners, but it has never received the attention from the ornithological point of view tha...

Letters

01 September 1939 Comments Letters SIRS,--In "Some Notes on t h e Diurnal Song of Birds " (antea, p . 4) Mr. Marples states t h a t on t h e average t h e Blackbird, a t Inverness, begins t o sing in the morning 74 minutes earlier than Blackbirds do i n Hampshire, t h a t is, after correct...

Notes

01 September 1939 Comments Notes PROOF of the sex of the bird choosing the nesting-site is generally so difficult to obtain that it seems worth while to record some evidence in the case of a House-Sparrow (Passer d. domesticus) in my garden in the spring of 1939. Early in March I notice...

Breeding of the Gannet on the Scar Rocks Wigtownshire

01 September 1939 Comments Main paper ON July 5th, 1939, Lord David Stuart and I visited the Scar Rocks in Luce Bay, Wigtownshire. As we came near the island we saw three or four Gannets (Sula bassand) apparently resting on one of the higher points. We naturally spoke of the possibility of th...

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Letter

Reviews

Notes

Common Sandpipers on Migration in South Glamorgan

The Black-tailed Godwit in the British Isles, 1890-1937

Observation on Sand-Martins at the Nest

The Destruction of Buds of Trees and Shrubs by Birds

Letters

Notes

Breeding of the Gannet on the Scar Rocks Wigtownshire

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