Letter

01 November 1946
Comments Letters S I R S , -- I have observed no less than twenty-three instances between February 27th and March 7th, 1946, where one Rook (Corvus f. frugUegus) was either in or standing upon t h e nest with two attendant Rooks perched close together a t some twelve t o ...
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Reviews

01 November 1946
Comments Reviews Birds in Colour. By Walter Higham. (Collins, 1945). Price 25s. T H I S book comes as something of a shock to those who are acquainted with the excellence of the colour rendering in Mr. Higham's cinematograph films. The gap between colour transparencies an...
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Notes

01 November 1946
Comments Notes RAVEN NESTING IN A ROOKERY, ON March loth, 1946, I flushed a Raven (Corvus c. cor ax) from a nest at the top of a tall pine in a conifer wood about five miles from Cardiff. In view of previous records of this species nesting in rookeries (antea, Vol. xxx...
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Letter

01 December 1942
Comments Letters SIRS,--The interesting and unusual behavtour of a Moorhen (Galhnula ch, chloropus) continually remaining in a semi-submerged position (antea, Vol. xxxvi, p. 57) whilst swimming about, and giving the impression of " not being able to come up " is almost ce...
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Notes

01 December 1942
Comments Notes a short visit to Lundy in September, 1942, we identified a Lapland Bunting {Cakarius lapponicus) on the high barren area at the north end of the island on September ioth. The species has not previously been met with on Lundy, nor in the county of Devon. ...
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