Notes

01 May 1935 Comments Notes ANYONE who has trapped Hedge-Sparrows {Prunella modularis) knows that, in the excitement of being released, they will go through most of the typical actions of sexual display such as raising or dragging one wing, shuffling along the ground, half-rolling ...
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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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