Letters

01 January 1969
Comments Letters White-lumped Swifts in southern Spain During 1964-67 a number of observations were made on swifts with white rumps in southern Spain, and in 1966 and 1967 breeding was proved; the species was identified by me and others as Apus affinis (Little Swift), the...
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Letters

01 January 1969
Comments Letters Turtle Dove migration in Iberia and the Middle East Dr R. K. Murton's suggestion that the autumn passage of Turtle Doves Streptopelia turtur through Portugal is misleadingly represented by the recovery of marked individuals seems to mar his otherwise exce...
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Letters

01 November 1936
Comments Letters S I R S , -- I have read Mr. A. W . Boyd's " Report on t h e Swallow Enquiry, 1935 " {antea, pp. 98/116) with much interest. I n Dumfriesshire, there is a belief t h a t t h e presence of Swallows i n a cow-byre ensures good luck. I t is certainly curious...
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