Letters

01 May 2000
Comments Letters The dramatic decline in the numbers of House Sparrows Passer domesticus in the centre of London over the past 20 or so years is well documented and generally accepted (Summers-Smith 1999). Indeed, the matter of the decrease has already been raised twic...
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Notes

01 April 2000
Comments Notes On several dates between 7th May and 1st June 1995, in my garden in Wilmslow, Cheshire, I observed interesting behaviour by House Sparrows Passer domesticus.Typically, a sparrow would follow about 5 cm behind a group of Common Starlings Sturnus vulgari...
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Movements of House Sparrows

01 December 1956
Comments Main paper T H E migration of birds--the routes they take, the means by which they orient themselves and reach their destination--is at present receiving' considerable attention. The House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) is generally considered to be a sedentary bird an...
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