Reviews

01 July 1943
Comments Reviews Adventurers Fen. Written and illustrated by E, A. R. Ennion. (Methuen). IOS. 6d. D R . ENNION'S account of the vicissitudes of the Cambridge fen he has known and loved for forty years has much to attract and interest the naturalist and country lover. At f...
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Notes

01 July 1943
Comments Notes NOTES FROM CUMBERLAND (Bombycilia garrulus).--Single bird near Cumdivock on December 27th, 1939. HEDGE-SPARROW (Prunella m. occidentalis).--During three weeks of frost in January 1941 as many as ten birds were noticed feeding quietly together amongst the...
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Letter

01 June 1939
Comments Letters SIRS,'--As Dr. Landsborough Thomson mentioned in the Report of t h e Bird-Ringing Committee (antea, Vol. X X X I I , p . 384), a pamphlet is being prepared on traps and trapping. Descriptions of some well-known methods such as t h e " Potter " trap, strin...
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Reviews

01 June 1939
Comments Reviews Birds as Animals. By James Fisher. (Heinemann.) 12s. 6d. net. I N this book Mr, Fisher has, t o p u t it briefly, reviewed t h e life of t h e bird by reviewing t h e literature concerning it. H e gives a reference for every statement and his bibliography...
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