Letter

01 August 1982 Comments Letters Tail-wagging by wheatears While the pronounced tail-wagging of the Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellinus is a 'helpful pointer' towards identification (Brit. Birds 74: 443), this habit is also typical of the-- admittedly smaller and daintier...
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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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