Letters

01 September 1963
Comments Letters S I R S , -- W i t h reference to t h e article on " The Breeding-habits of t h e Dartford Warbler," and t o t h e statement on page 218, I have never seen a Dartford Warbler's nest in England, a n d know nothing of their habits in this country. I n t h e...
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Reviews

01 September 1963
Comments Reviews British Diving Ducks. By J. G. Millais, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., Vol. II. Seventeen coloured and twenty-five uneoloured plates. Longmans. In two volumes, £12 12s. net. IN our last volume (pp. 365-70) we gave an extended notice of the fisst part of Mr. Mill...
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Notes

01 September 1963
Comments Notes A YOUNG drake Gadwall {Anas strepera) was shot on J a n u a r y 14th, 1913, a t Stretton. I saw t w o K n o t s (Canutus canutus) on October 12th, 1913, a t Bellfields Reservoir. I watched t h e m for some time through powerful glasses, a n d when one fle...
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Letters

01 June 1951
Comments Letters SIRS,--The Council of the Scottish Ornithologists' Club have pleasure in intimating that a "Rare Birds' Protection" Committee has been formed to work in close conjunction with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and the following have kindly co...
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Books Received

01 June 1951
Comments Main paper West Midland Bird Distribution Survey.--Compiled and produced by C. A. Norris. (Published for Private Circulation). A Book of Ducks.--By Phyllis Barclay-Smith. (Penguin Books, 3/6). Animal Evolution.--By G. S. Carter. (Sidgwick & Jackson, 30/-). Zoogeogra...
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Reviews

01 June 1951
Comments Reviews THE advent of this society adds one more to the long list of naturalists banded together to study the fauna and flora of their own locality. It is a very welcome addition, for the extreme eastern corner of Kent has long lacked an association of naturalist...
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Notes

01 June 1951
Comments Notes Tebbutt's note on birds becoming " c a u g h t u p " in flocks of other species (antea, vol. xliii, p . 332) prompts me to record the following observations, which were made some years ago when I was living near Bury, Lancashire. Mr. Tebbutt gives exampl...
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