Letters

01 August 1985 Comments Letters Distinctive bird names. It was the fine article on 'Canary Islands Stonechat' Saxicola dacotiae (Brit. Birds 77: 467-474) that finally pushed me over the edge into writing this letter. There we had a remarkably excellent article by a well-researched ob...
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Letters

01 December 1946 Comments Letters SIRS,--Writing in British Birds (antea, p . 214) on t h e question of the soft parts coloration in the Crested Tit (Parus cristatus) I made reference to having examined in t h e course of my studies "some dozens" of specimens. I t is now evident t h a t m...
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