Letters

01 February 1991 Comments Letters The introduction of the Chukar In 'Points of view' (Brit. Birds 79: 656-657), Derek Goodwin drew attention to the dilution of the British population of the Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa by hybrids between this and other species of Alectoris. In h...
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Letters

01 September 1954 Comments Letters SIRS,--I read with great interest the paper by Desmond Morris (antea, pp. 33-49) and the subsequent letter by A. J. Bruce (antea, p. 215) in which this subject is discussed. Bruce's theory, that a thrush (Turdus sp.) cannot afford to use its feet owing to...
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