Notes

01 June 1946
Comments Notes WITH reference to Lt.-Col. B. H. Ryves's statement (antea, p. 43) that all species of buntings are absent in the Scillies, it may be of interest to record that my husband and I saw and heard several Corn-Buntings {Emberiza calandra) in song on St. Agnes,...
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Letters

01 November 1934
Comments Letters SIRS,--In connection with Mr. Musselwhite's letter and t h e Editor's remarks under this heading (antea, p. 151), I may record t h a t a Blackbird (Tardus m. merula) hatched four young in 1934 in a nest on a branch of a cedar on m y lawn a t Cheddar, and ...
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Notes

01 November 1928
Comments Notes IN the following cases during 1928, from west Sussex, the period of incubation has been calculated from the day on which the last egg was laid until the day or days of hatching. The fledging-period from the day or days of hatching until the day or days o...
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Letters

01 October 1928
Comments Letters SIRS,---I read with much interest two notes on the stripping of lime twigs b y Rooks (antea, p . 36). I t would n o t be wise t o conclude t h a t every twig found in this condition had been barked b y Rooks. I have watched a squirrel stripping twigs in a...
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