Letters

01 May 1930 Comments Letters S I R S , -- I witnessed here to-day (March 27th, 1930) another example of the stränge nuptial habits of the Hedge-Sparrow, first recorded in your pages b y m y friend, M. Delamain (antea, p. 19 ; see also pp. 103, 199, 231 and 255). On this occasion I...
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Notes

01 May 1930 Comments Notes A ROOK (Corvus f. frugilegus) is at the present time (April 1930) sitting on her nest, which is built on the top of an open, round, disused, chimney-pot on a house at Cheadle, Staffordshire. The cock bird is standing by on the top of an adjoining chimney...
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Notes

01 April 1930 Comments Notes I T may be of interest to record that on the morning of March 9th, 1930, near Addington, Surrey, I watched a hen Whinchat {Saxicola r. rubetra) for about five minutes. It was perched on a post at the side of a lane, and allowed me to approach to within t...
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