Letters

01 April 1939 Comments Letters SIRS,--In his article on the Migration of the Gannet, Dr. Landsborough-Thomson says (antea, p. 288) : " There are many more mid-winter records of first year birds from African than from European waters . . . the figures suggest . . . t h a t those [young ...
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Reviews

01 April 1939 Comments Reviews The Flight of Birds. By C. Horton-Smith. (Witherby). Illustrated. 7s. 6d. ALTHOUGH flight is one of the most obvious of bird-habits it is one of the most neglected by observers, largely no doubt because of t h e technical knowledge needed to understand it...
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Letters

01 March 1939 Comments Letters SIRS,--In the Handbook of British Birds, Vol. I I . , p . 97, t h e colour of t h e legs of t h e Subalpine Warbler {Sylvia c. cantillans) is given as yellow-brown. As you have (antea, Vol. X X X . , p . 73) appealed for sight observations of the colour o...
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Reviews

01 March 1939 Comments Reviews A History of Sussex Birds. By JohnWalpole-Bond. 3 Vols. (Witherby.) T H I S long-awaited work is now before us and is indeed of a monumental character. Whether the lengthy treatment and sumptuous style of production adopted, placing it beyond the financia...
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Reviews

01 February 1939 Comments Reviews The Feathered Folk of an Estuary. By Guy B. Farrar. Plates. (Country Life.) ios. 6d. T H I S book centres on the Dee estuary where the author has spent much time watching and photographing birds and wild-fowling. His plan has been to erect a hide on an is...
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