Letters

01 January 1960 Comments Letters A n t i n g and dust-bathing Sirs,--I read with interest the paper by K. E. L. Simmons on anting behaviour {Brit. Birds, 50: 401-424). In that, Simmons rejected A. H . Chisholm's theory that anting derived from dust-bathing. In this connection, however, i...
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Letters

01 February 1938 Comments Letters SIRS,--In reply to Mr. Lockley's letter under this heading (antea, pp. 278-9), I had two main points t o make in m y report on Skokholm Island, namely :-- 1. That owing t o its depredations on Storm-Petrels, the Little Owl should, if possible, be prevente...
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