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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Letter

01 September 1936
Comments Letters To the Editors of British Birds. SIRS,--Mr. B. W. Tucker's difficulty in reconciling his own observations on Ardeola ibis ibis at the nest with t h e published authorities (antea, p p . 70-73} is more or less paralleled by my own recent experience with t...
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Notes

01 September 1936
Comments Notes IN a wood running along the top of a hill in Surrey which I visited on June 24th, 1936, I heard a Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) singing in a tall conifer, and as soon as he stopped a Grasshopper-Warbler (Locustella ncevia) started to reel in the un...
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