Letters

01 March 1952
Comments Letters SIRS,--We are hoping to collate information about visible migration over, and on the shores of, the Mediterranean. Very little has been published on the subject and no doubt a good many unpublished records, especially those made on voyages, are in existen...
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Reviews

01 March 1952
Comments Reviews British Bird Boohs : An Index to British Ornithologv, A.D. 1481 to J.I). 1948. By Raymond Irwin (London, Grafton & Co., 1951. 63/-). The title of this book gives a very inadequate idea of its contents since it indexes and classifies, not only books, b u t...
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Notes

01 March 1952
Comments Notes The Display of the Blackbird.--During observations on four pairs of Blackbirds (Turdus merula) in 1949, and on the same four pairs with the addition of another in 1950, the following display was noted. All of the birds concerned were recognizable in the ...
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Letters

01 November 1931
Comments Letters SIRS,---It so happened that, after reading the letter on this subject (antea.-p, 140), I had to consult The Gentleman's Magazine (Vol. XIX.), 1749. I t was curious therefore to come across the following (p. 204) : " The Egg of a Swan with another in it. G...
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Notes

01 November 1931
Comments Notes reference to this enquiry, a good many observers have not yet sent in their schedules and are now urged to do so in order that the great labour of collating the information may be commenced without delay. All schedules and communications with reference t...
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