Ornithology

Articles tagged with the topic ‘Ornithology’

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2023-23

J.W. Payne

Bird Life in the South of Scotland [Summary only]

Ornithology

TDGNHAS Series II, 23 (1910-11), 302(WARNING very large file size: 16.39 MB)

Abstract

Mr Payne submitted a paper on the birds he had met with mainly within a ten-mile radius of Kirkcudbright. His list, while not comprehensive, was enlivened by many personal observations of an interesting nature.

2019-19

H.S. Gladstone

The Laying of Pheasants [Summary only]

Ornithology

TDGNHAS Series II, 19 (1906-07), 78(WARNING large file size: 8.84 MB)

Abstract

A note on this subject was contributed by Mr Hugh S. Gladstone, Capenoch. This showed that early in the spring of 1906 two hen pheasants were penned with a blackcock in the hope of obtaining a hybrid. None of the eggs, however, were fertile. The first egg