Summary

Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1950-1953

This volume includes:

A List of the Bryophytes of Northumberland by J. B. Duncan (pp. 1 – 80)

Subsections include:

  • Introduction (pp. 1 – 4)
  • Hepatics (pp. 5 – 18)
  • Sphagna (pp. 19 – 26)
  • True Mosses (pp. 27 – 80)

 

Ornithological Report on the Farne Islands for 1952 by Grace Watt, M.A., M.B.O.U (pp. 81 – 100)

Subsections include:

  • Ringing (pp. 96 – 97)
  • Recoveries (p. 97)
  • Recoveries of Ringed Birds (pp. 98 – 100)

 

Ornithological Report for Northumberland and Durham for 1952 by George W. Temperley, Hon.M.Sc., M.B.O.U (pp. 101 – 152)

Subsections include:

  • Records of Unusual Interest in 1952 (p. 102)
  • Weather Conditions and Migration (pp. 102 – 104)
  • Bird-Ringing (p. 104)
  • Nesting Box Experiments (p. 105)
  • British Trust for Ornithology Enquiries (p. 106)
  • Wildfowl Census (pp. 106 – 107)
  • Moult Migration of Sheld-duck (p. 107)
  • Homing Experiments with Shearwaters (p. 107)
  • Oiled Birds (p. 107)
  • Gosforth Park Bird Sanctuary (pp. 107 – 108)
  • Classified Notes (pp. 109 – 152)

 

The Status of the Squirrel in Northumberland and Durham by George W. Temperley, Hon.M.sc. (pp. 153 – 164)

Subsections include:

  • The Red Squirrel in Northumberland (pp. 154 – 158)
  • The Red and Gray Squirrels in Durham (pp. 158 – 162)
  • Possible Reasons for the Decrease in the Number of Red Squirrels During the Past 35 Years (pp. 162 – 163)
  • Effect of the Severe Winter of 1946-47 (pp. 163 – 164)
  • Some Observations on the Habits of the Red Squirrel (p. 164)

 

The Grey Seals of the Farne Islands by Ian M. Telfer, M.B., B.S., and Grace Watt, M.A.  (pp. 165 – 182)

Subsections include:

  • Introduction (pp. 165 – 166)
  • Tagging (p. 167)
  • Recoveries (pp. 167 – 168)
  • Determination of Age (p. 168)
  • Weighing and Measuring (pp. 168 – 169)
  • General Deductions from Results of Weighing and Measuring (pp. 169 – 170)
  • Numbers of Calves (p. 170)
  • Proportions of Males to Females (p. 170)
  • Types of Calves (pp. 170 – 171)
  • Teeth (p. 171)
  • Flippers (pp. 171 – 172)
  • Nails (p. 172)
  • Change of Coat (p. 172)
  • Observations on Adults (pp. 172 – 173)
  • References (p. 173)
  • Particulars of Marked Seals (pp. 173 – 182)

 

A Note on Abnormally Marked Song Thrushes and Blackbirds by Noble Rollin, M.B.O.U., A.A.O.U., M.R.A.O.U. (pp. 183 – 184)

 

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