Notes

01 April 1948
Comments Notes IN a recent volume of British Birds (antea. Vol. xxxix, pp. 212 and 340) records are given of Ravens (Corvus c. corax) nesting in heronries. I should like to record that for several years up to 1942, a pair of Ravens nested in a circle of tall pines cont...
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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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