Reviews

01 April 1957
Comments Reviews By LEONARD W . W I N G . (Ronald Press Company, New York, 1956). 539 pages, 222 textfigures and numerous tables. Price $6.75. THERE is g r e a t need at the present time for a general biology of birds covering the whole field, and the present book fills ...
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Notes

01 April 1957
Comments Notes of Boelus, Nebraska, informs me that he wing-tipped a young female White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) whilst shooting on the North Platte river in the autumn of 1903 or 1904--he is not sure which---and took the bird back to his farm. H e goes on to say...
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Reviews

01 May 1956
Comments Reviews By L. S. V. and U . M. VENABLES. (Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 1955). 391 p a g e s ; 8 photographic plates; 3 maps. 30s. T H E islands of Shetland, meeting-place of northern and southern elements in our fauna, and maritime outpost of a region where strik...
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