Letters

01 September 1937
Comments Letters SIRS,--I think Mr. David Lack is clearly right in concluding from the scene he describes (antea, p . 82) t h a t the crest of the Goldcrest (Regulus r. anglorum) is an instance of ornamentation functioning as a " threatcolour", and used for t h a t purpo...
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Letters

01 November 1936
Comments Letters S I R S , -- I have read Mr. A. W . Boyd's " Report on t h e Swallow Enquiry, 1935 " {antea, pp. 98/116) with much interest. I n Dumfriesshire, there is a belief t h a t t h e presence of Swallows i n a cow-byre ensures good luck. I t is certainly curious...
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Notes

01 November 1936
Comments Notes ON September 5th, 1936, a Bunting was seen by several observers running about rapidly among heather clumps on Skokholm Island, Pembrokeshire. Although a sketch was made of the bird, which was very tame, no definite identification was arrived at. It was s...
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