Late Nesting in Britain in 1960

01 March 1964 Comments Main paper I N T H E SUMMER of i960 some Song Thrushes and Blackbirds* around Oxford were found to be continuing their nesting much later than is normal. Subsequent investigation showed that this very late breeding occurred over a considerable part of Britain. Infor...
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Letters

01 January 1957 Comments Letters " ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE AND BIRD F L I G H T " S I R S , -- I n his letter on the above subject (antea, vol. xlviii, p p . 557-559) I. C. T . Nisbet puts forward an ingenious theory of wind-determination by feel. While agreeing that it is possible, I als...
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Reviews

01 January 1957 Comments Reviews By JAMES FISHER (Pelican Books, London, 1955). 3s. 6d. THIS is the third in an excellent series eventually to total four volumes covering all but the rarer blrds on the British Ost. The birds included faere are the rails, game-birds, and larger perching ...
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