Notes

01 August 1929 Comments Notes ON May 21st, 1929, from 11.30 a.m. to 6 p.m., I observed at close quarters a pair of Choughs (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) at nest on the north Cornish coast. Both parents were feeding nestlings, which were about eight days old. The weather was calm and soft...
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Notes

01 February 1929 Comments Notes Greenfinch (Chloris ch. chloris) ... Bullfinch (Pyrrhula p. nesa) Tree-Pipit (Atithus t. trivialis) ... Grey Wagtail (Motacilla c. cinerea) Stonechat (Saxicola t. hibemans) Martin (Delickon u. urbica) *Peregrine Falcon (Falco p peregrinus) Merlin (F. c. t...
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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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Notes

01 October 1928 Comments Notes THE attached Table shows the numbers of eggs in the clutch of various species found near Mawgan in Cornwall. The figures are taken from my diaries of the last four years and represent the clutches after full incubation had commenced. It has been my habit...
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