Reviews

01 September 1952
Comments Reviews The Sea Around Us. By Rachel L. Carson (Staples, 1951). 12s. 6d. I t is a remarkable indication of t h e growth of interest in the oceans t h a t this scientific account of them should have run through three impressions within the month of publication. It...
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Notes

01 September 1952
Comments Notes Some notes on the behaviour of House-Sparrows.--These notes (which are additional to those already published, antea, vol. xliv, pp. 18-19 > 369-372) summarize intermittent observations on HouseSparrows (Passer domesticus) in Britain (work in progress) an...
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Patterns of spring migration

01 September 1952
Comments Main paper IN 1950 and again in 1951 the British Bird Observatories have exchanged information about the occurrences of selected species of birds. A study of this collated information appears to throw some light on the pattern of migration to and through the British...
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Letters

01 September 1952
Comments Letters ---A sub-committee of t h e Natural History Section of the Wilts Archaelogical and Natural History Society has been formed to prepare a Check-List of Wiltshire Birds. I t would be grateful for any information your readers may have about collections of stu...
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Letter

01 September 1943
Comments Letters SIRS --It was with very great interest t h a t I read the articles on incubation in the June and July numbers by Col. Ryves and Mr. Tucker. From reading these articles I realised t h a t I must have had a quite unique experience regarding incubation by th...
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Notes

01 September 1943
Comments Notes DURING the last year I have been able to pay regular visits to the Sewage Farm just outside the town of Bedford and amongst the many birds seen, the following seem worthy of note. I am grateful to Mr. B. O. Clifford and Mr. A. J. Swain for providing me wi...
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