Letters

01 September 1953
Comments Letters SIRS,--In the Vosges mountains in France during the first World War earthenware pots especially designed for sparrows to nest in were to be seen on the walls of a great many farms and I have no doubt the practice still persists. These served a double purp...
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Reviews

01 September 1953
Comments Reviews Rare and Extinct Birds of Britain. By Ralph Whitlock. (Phcenix House, London, 1953). 21s. I t is open to question whether a satisfactory book can be written on the subject of our rare and extinct birds. To contribute anything original to knowledge in this...
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Notes

01 September 1953
Comments Notes Nesting of Curlew on river shingle-beds.--Of late years Curlews (Numenius arquata) have been nesting in increasing numbers on inland pastures and meadows in Northumberland, whereas formerly they were birds of the moorlands, nesting on heather-clad hills ...
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Letters

01 February 1938
Comments Letters SIRS,--In reply to Mr. Lockley's letter under this heading (antea, pp. 278-9), I had two main points t o make in m y report on Skokholm Island, namely :-- 1. That owing t o its depredations on Storm-Petrels, the Little Owl should, if possible, be prevente...
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Notes

01 February 1938
Comments Notes ON April 15th, 1937, a male Bullfinch which appeared to be much larger than the British Bullfinch (Pyrrhula p. pileata) was seen moving about in some trees on Holy Island. Later in the day this bird was shot by a resident on the island and was sent in to...
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Recovery of marked birds

01 February 1938
Comments Main paper Rawdon (Yorks), 24.4.37, by Bramhope (Yorks), 15.7.37. C. Wontner-Smith. Ditto 4-S-37- Allerton (Yorks), 13.8.37. Stodmarsh (Kent), 16.4.33, by Where ringed, --.9.37. Oxford Orn. Soc. R I N G E D AS FULL-GROWN. Gt. Budworth (Ches), 17.7.35, Acton Bridge ...
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