Letters

01 January 1950 Comments Letters SIRS,--I have delayed answering the letter on the above subject from Mr. P. H. T. Hartley (British Birds, xli, pp. 254-255) because the data then available only served to justify his remark that " more investigation is needed." I examined the two sets of ...
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Notes

01 April 1933 Comments Notes ONE always associates the Raven (Corvus corax) with extreme intelligence, but not so a pair (or its yearly successors, for many are destroyed round here by gamekeepers, etc.) that breed in a secluded Denbighshire gorge, not many miles away from my home. ...
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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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