Letters

01 April 1979
Comments Letters Birds dunking food There are many references in the literature to birds washing food; they cover about six families and almost all are for water birds. Although termed 'food washing', the behaviour described may fulfil several functions. During...
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Letter

01 February 1929
Comments Letters SIRS,--After reading carefully Mr. Coward's article (antea, p . 134) and Col. Ryves's letter (antea, p. 171), I would like to suggest an explanation of wing-clapping which occurred to me years ago, after observing domestic Pigeons make this noise within a...
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