Letters

01 March 1979
Comments Letters Field identification of Snowy Egret. When discussing the problem of distinguishing the Snowy Egret Egretta thula from the Little Egret E. garzetta in the field, Stanley Cramp (Brit. Birds 70: 206-214) and I. J . Ferguson-Lees (in...
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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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