Notes

01 September 1959
Comments Notes with Mackerel shoals.--During- the months of July, August and September, Mackerel (Scomber scomber) habitually enter the Village Bay of Hirta, St, Kilda, in the late afternoon and evening. These shoals are often pursued by Grey Seals (Halichoerus gryphus)...
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Letters

01 September 1959
Comments Letters K I L D A W R E N S ON STAC AN A R M I N SIRS,--Following- the publication of the recent letters by the Rev. E. A. Armstrong and Mr. Kenneth Williamson on the St. Kilda W r e n (Troglodytes t. hirtensis) (antea, pp. 136-138), we feel that the following i...
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Reviews

01 September 1959
Comments Reviews Chapman & Hall, London, 1959). xi + 624 p a g e s ; many text illustrations. 94s. T H E DISTINGUISHED senior author unfortunately did not live to see the completion of this useful work of reference. It is a well produced and suitably illustrated volume, o...
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Recent reports and News

01 March 1959
Comments News and comment The items here are largely unchecked reports, and must not be regarded as authenticated records. They are selected, on the present writers' judgment alone, from sources generally found to be reliable. Observers' names are usually omitted for reasons of sp...
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