Letter

01 December 1942
Comments Letters SIRS,--The interesting and unusual behavtour of a Moorhen (Galhnula ch, chloropus) continually remaining in a semi-submerged position (antea, Vol. xxxvi, p. 57) whilst swimming about, and giving the impression of " not being able to come up " is almost ce...
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Notes

01 December 1942
Comments Notes a short visit to Lundy in September, 1942, we identified a Lapland Bunting {Cakarius lapponicus) on the high barren area at the north end of the island on September ioth. The species has not previously been met with on Lundy, nor in the county of Devon. ...
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Reviews

01 November 1942
Comments Reviews An Ornithologist's Field Note Book. By Sir Hugh Gladstone. 6th Edition revised. (Truslove & Hanson). 6d. T H I S booklet (5 x 3 ins.) contains a list of the English names of all the regulär breeding British birds, winter visitors and passage-migrants. ...
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