Letter

01 June 1939
Comments Letters SIRS,'--As Dr. Landsborough Thomson mentioned in the Report of t h e Bird-Ringing Committee (antea, Vol. X X X I I , p . 384), a pamphlet is being prepared on traps and trapping. Descriptions of some well-known methods such as t h e " Potter " trap, strin...
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Reviews

01 June 1939
Comments Reviews Birds as Animals. By James Fisher. (Heinemann.) 12s. 6d. net. I N this book Mr, Fisher has, t o p u t it briefly, reviewed t h e life of t h e bird by reviewing t h e literature concerning it. H e gives a reference for every statement and his bibliography...
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Notes

01 June 1928
Comments Notes the end of March, 1928, I noticed a Rook (Corvus f. frugilegus) violently exerting itself in stripping bark from a lime tree not far from a Rookery in Worcestershire, and" found that branches for yards in length had been denuded of bark. It may, perhaps,...
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