Reviews

01 July 1952
Comments Reviews The Greenshank. By Desmond Nethersole-Thompson (Collins, 1951). 15s. In The Handbook's account of the Greenshank it was evident t h a t much of our knowledge of the species was due to Mr. Nethersole-Thompson, but it needed the publication of this book to ...
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Notes

01 July 1952
Comments Notes Long-tailed Tits' unorthodox nesting arrangements.--On April 21st, 1951, the writers found the nest of a Long-tailed Tit (Mgithalos caudatus) in the main fork of an apple tree near Brandon, Suffolk. Such a site' is unusual in East Anglia, and the nest ha...
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Reviews

01 May 1938
Comments Reviews De Nederlandsche Vogels. Bewerkt door Dr. C. Eykman, P . A, Hens, Jhr Dr. Ir F . C. van H e u m , Dr. C. G. B. t e n Kate, J. G. van Marie, G. van der Meer, M. J. Tekke en Tsj. Gs. de Vries. Eerste Deel. (Wageningen : Boek en Handelsdrukkerij). This is th...
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Notes

01 May 1938
Comments Notes ON March 3rd, 1938, at Cambridge sewage farm we observed a Pipit which we were able to identify as a Water-Pipit (Anthus s. spinoletta). It was first seen feeding amongst other birds (Meadow-Pipits, Pied Wagtails and waders) on one of the tanks and its d...
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Birds of Inner London

01 May 1938
Comments Main paper 1937 there was one addition to the list published in this magazine in 1929 (Vol. XXII, pp. 222-244) a n ( i subsequently extended.* The list, excluding doubtful occurrences, now numbers 141 species or sub-species.A Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps g. griseigen...
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