Letters

01 May 1976 Comments Letters The continuing slaughter of birds of prey in Britain Your recent editorial (Brit. Birds, 68: 481-483) on the World Conference on Birds of Prey, organised by the International Council for Bird Preservation in Vienna in October 1975, stimulates t...
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01 December 1937 Comments Letters SIRS,--In his article (antea, p . 137) Mr. George Brown notes t h a t a Robin {Erithacus r. melophilus) "appeared t o take quite an interest in the Blackbird's efiorts" before a looking-glass, b u t itself never displayed. Since I read this article a Robi...
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01 November 1937 Comments Letters SIRS,--With reference t o Mr. L. Parmenter's notes on t h e above subject (antea, p p . 152-3) t h e following observations m a y be of interest :-- On J a n u a r y 24th, 1936, a sunny morning with a fresh easterly wind blowing, there were 17 Goosanders ...
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01 October 1937 Comments Letters SIRS,--In concluding his interesting comments under the above title, Mr. David Lack puts several questions (antea, p. 83), and a recent opportunity I have had of watching a t close quarters t h e pairing of Golderests, enables me to give a reply t o one a...
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01 September 1937 Comments Letters SIRS,--I think Mr. David Lack is clearly right in concluding from the scene he describes (antea, p . 82) t h a t the crest of the Goldcrest (Regulus r. anglorum) is an instance of ornamentation functioning as a " threatcolour", and used for t h a t purpo...
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01 August 1937 Comments Letters SIRS,---In a footnote to m y note on ". Incubation Period of WaterRail", (antea, p. 62), " F.C.R.J." states: " Incubation does not always begin with the completion of the clutch". Over 30 years' experience in finding and showing t h e nest of this species...
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01 July 1937 Comments Letters SIRS,--I feel that, in order t o bring this u p t o date, some comments are called for as regards Mr. Stanley Lewis's interesting account of " Birds of Steep Holm " (Vol. X X X . , pp. 219-223) in view of t h e fact t h a t for t h e past five years (1933...
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