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THE present experiments on the migration of the stork (Ciconia alba) being carried out in England in conjunction with German ornithologists is evidence of the wider possibilities of international co-operation in field ornithology than have hitherto obtained. Earlier in the spring, eleven storks' eggs from German nests were sent to England and placed in heron nests in Surrey by the Haselmere Educational Museum, as the stork is no longer a British nester, and it was hoped the experiment would indicate whether or not the English-born birds under heron foster-parents would follow the same migration route as German birds. However, only one egg hatched, and after a week the stork chick was accidentally crushed to death by the foster parent. It is hoped to repeat this experiment next spring. In June, a further experiment was made when twenty-three nestling storks from East Prussia were distributed to artificial nests in Scotland, Kent and Surrey where they were hand-fed, and it is hoped that if reared, these birds, which are ringed, will shed further light on migration, and how far inheritance plays a part in it.
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Anglo-German Stork Experiments. Nature 138, 108 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138108a0
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