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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Reviews

01 February 1929
Comments Reviews Miss TURNER has written a very entertaining and at the same time ornithologically interesting account of her experiences as official " w a t c h e r " for Scolt Head during 1924 and 1925. Her trials were many, esentials such as water and fuel were hard to...
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Letter

01 February 1929
Comments Letters SIRS,--After reading carefully Mr. Coward's article (antea, p . 134) and Col. Ryves's letter (antea, p. 171), I would like to suggest an explanation of wing-clapping which occurred to me years ago, after observing domestic Pigeons make this noise within a...
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