Letters

01 January 1957 Comments Letters " ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE AND BIRD F L I G H T " S I R S , -- I n his letter on the above subject (antea, vol. xlviii, p p . 557-559) I. C. T . Nisbet puts forward an ingenious theory of wind-determination by feel. While agreeing that it is possible, I als...
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Notes

01 July 1936 Comments Notes CROSSBILLS' METHOD OF FEEDING, A NOTE in the June number of British Birds (Vol. XXX., p. 27) by B. D. Moreton, tempts me to carry the observations a little farther by publishing a few notes made as long ago as 1888 on the method of feeding of some Crossbi...
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Letters

01 May 1930 Comments Letters S I R S , -- I witnessed here to-day (March 27th, 1930) another example of the stränge nuptial habits of the Hedge-Sparrow, first recorded in your pages b y m y friend, M. Delamain (antea, p. 19 ; see also pp. 103, 199, 231 and 255). On this occasion I...
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