Letters

01 September 1939
Comments Letters SIRS,--In "Some Notes on t h e Diurnal Song of Birds " (antea, p . 4) Mr. Marples states t h a t on t h e average t h e Blackbird, a t Inverness, begins t o sing in the morning 74 minutes earlier than Blackbirds do i n Hampshire, t h a t is, after correct...
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Notes

01 September 1939
Comments Notes PROOF of the sex of the bird choosing the nesting-site is generally so difficult to obtain that it seems worth while to record some evidence in the case of a House-Sparrow (Passer d. domesticus) in my garden in the spring of 1939. Early in March I notice...
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Reviews

01 September 1939
Comments Reviews London Bird Report for 1938. Compiled by R. C. Homes, is. 6d. (London Nat. Hist. Soc). BESIDES the classified notes this issue contains an interesting account of the effects on birds of the severe weather in December, 1938 as observed in the area and an a...
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