Letters

01 June 1984 Comments Letters Rook shoots. The comments of farmers regarding the attacks of Rooks Corvus frugilegus on growing corn in spring and ripening corn at harvest-time (National Farmers' Union, quoted in 'News and comment', Brit. Birds 75: 339) are very widely exaggerated u...
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Letters

01 December 1983 Comments Letters Shy Albatrosses, elusive Capped Petrels, and great accumulations of shearwaters It is curious how well the observation by Paul Buckley and William Russell, that some European birdwatchers do not appear to be making much progress with seabirds, ...
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Letters

01 May 1979 Comments Letters A symbol for individuals not adult males The present biological symbols ♂ and ♀ indicate the two sexes, male and female. The suggested introduction of a third symbol {Brit. Birds 71: 544-545) seems strangely illogical. If the...
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Letters

01 March 1958 Comments Letters I N F O R M A T I O N W A N T E D ON L A P W I N G C H I C K S S I R S , -- F r o m observations made over a number of years on the growth and development of young Lapwings (Vanellus vanellus), it would appear that early hatching chicks develop more rapid...
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