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01 September 1946 Comments Notes THE habit of sun-bathing by passerine birds.is discussed in a note by T. S. Williams (antea, p. 152). As indicated in the Editorial comment thereto this is probably commoner than at first sight appears to be the case. To the list of species given I can a...

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01 November 1944 Comments Notes ALTHOUGH Carrion-Crows (Corvus c. cowrie) and Rooks (Corvus f, frugilegws) have been recorded occasionally as nesting on electric pylons, it may be of interest to record that as a result of observations by Mr. A. E. Billett at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset...

Skokholm bird observatory homing Experiments 1. 1936-37. Puffins, Storm-Petrels and Manx Shearwaters

01 January 1938 Comments Main paper THE formation of a Bird Observatory at Skokholm, off the South Wales coast, has provided opportunities for testing the homing capacities of various nesting sea-birds, after the manner of Watson and Lashley [8] with other sea-birds, and more recently Ruppe...

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...

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01 February 1936 Comments Notes ON January 17th, 1936, the Prime Minister, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University and others launched a Viscount Grey Memorial Appeal, one of whose objects is to develop " the existing scheme of research main...

Letters

01 February 1935 Comments Letters SIRS,--May I say something on this vexed subject ? I speak of those territorial species whose young depend upon insects for food. Three sets of facts seem connected :-- (i) T h a t in a cold and wet breeding season we find infertile eggs, chicks dead in t...

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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Skokholm bird observatory homing Experiments 1. 1936-37. Puffins, Storm-Petrels and Manx Shearwaters

Further Notes on Territory in the Great Crested Grebe

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Letters

Territory in the Great Crested Grebe

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