Letters

01 October 1950 Comments Letters --I am engaged in investigating t h e ringing records of Blue Tits. Amongst the known causes of death it is astonishing to find that the mousetrap is a principal one. I t may be necessary to place r a t and mouse traps in gardens, b u t I suggest that the...
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Letters

01 October 1928 Comments Letters SIRS,---I read with much interest two notes on the stripping of lime twigs b y Rooks (antea, p . 36). I t would n o t be wise t o conclude t h a t every twig found in this condition had been barked b y Rooks. I have watched a squirrel stripping twigs in a...
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