Late Nesting in Britain in 1960

01 March 1964 Comments Main paper I N T H E SUMMER of i960 some Song Thrushes and Blackbirds* around Oxford were found to be continuing their nesting much later than is normal. Subsequent investigation showed that this very late breeding occurred over a considerable part of Britain. Infor...
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Letters

01 September 1954 Comments Letters SIRS,--I read with great interest the paper by Desmond Morris (antea, pp. 33-49) and the subsequent letter by A. J. Bruce (antea, p. 215) in which this subject is discussed. Bruce's theory, that a thrush (Turdus sp.) cannot afford to use its feet owing to...
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Reviews

01 September 1954 Comments Reviews Report on Somerset Birds, 1952: 39ft Report of the Ornithological Section of the Somersetshire Arch, and Nat. Hist. Soc. Obtainable from G. H. E. Young, Bank House, Martock, Somerset. 5s. Ornithological Notes, Bristol District, 1952. Edited by H. H. Davis...
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