Review

01 March 1929
Comments Reviews Handbuch der Zoologie [Edited by Dr. T. Krumbach]. Vol. V I I I . Sauropsida, 2nd Part--Aves [By Dr. E . Stresemann]. Parts I . - I I I . Berlin. W . de Gruyter & Co., 1927-8. T H I S fine work, of which three parts, containing 336 pages of wellprinted m ...
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Letters

01 March 1929
Comments Letters SIRS,--In connexion with Mr. J. Bartholomew's observation of a Blackbird reaching maturity with a deformed bill (Vol. X X L , p . 69), a somewhat similar case has come under m y notice this winter. In this case it is a n Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculu...
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Notes

01 March 1929
Comments Notes SALTER reports a pair of Lesser Whitethroats (Sylvia c. curruca) at Aberystwyth from May 6th, 1928, onwards. The male was heard singing till July 2nd. This is a new record for the district, as the species is decidedly rare on the western seaboard of Wale...
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