THE 



JOURNAL 



OF THE 



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wild bird 

 Investigation Sooiety. 



Edited by 

 WALTER E. COLLINGE. D.So , F.L.S., F.E.S.. M.B O U. 



Vol. 1. 



NOVEMBER, 1919. 



No. 1. 



ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS: 



Pond Frequenting Birds as Seed Carriers 

 By E. Adrian WoodrufTe-Peacock, 



F.L.S.. F.G.S . F.E.S. 



The Common Tern and its Enemies 



By H. Chas Williamson, MA, D Sc. 



Birds near London. By Gladys M. Towsey 



Some Remarks on tlie Food of the Earn 

 Owl. By Dr. Walter E. Collinge. F.L.S. 



Variations in the Diet of Wild Birds 



By George Abbey. 10 



The Report of the Departmental Com 



mittee on tlie Protection of Wild Birds 1 2 



CONTENTS. 



NOTES and NEWS 



15 



1 CORRESPONDENCE 



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Breeding of Tinamous and Apteryx 

 Confinement 



The Need of Local Branches 



LOCAL BRANCHES : 

 St Andrews 



REVIEWS: 



A Practical Handbook of British Birds 



(H. F Witherby) 19 



EDITORIAL 



NOTES : 



Two Interesting Cases of Melanism 

 Strange Accident to a Heron 



13 Birds and the War (Hugh S. Gladstone) .. 19 



CURRENT LITERATURE 



15 



15 NOTICES TO MEMBERS 



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