Letters

01 December 1954 Comments Letters SIRS,--In his paper on "The snail-eating behaviour of Thrushes and Blackbirds" (antea, p. 38) D. Morris states that "the snail-shell is held by the rim of its aperture," but I do not think that he can be right. If a bird holds the shell by its rim alone i...
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Letters

01 May 1930 Comments Letters S I R S , -- I witnessed here to-day (March 27th, 1930) another example of the stränge nuptial habits of the Hedge-Sparrow, first recorded in your pages b y m y friend, M. Delamain (antea, p. 19 ; see also pp. 103, 199, 231 and 255). On this occasion I...
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