Letters

01 February 1938 Comments Letters SIRS,--In reply to Mr. Lockley's letter under this heading (antea, pp. 278-9), I had two main points t o make in m y report on Skokholm Island, namely :-- 1. That owing t o its depredations on Storm-Petrels, the Little Owl should, if possible, be prevente...
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Notes on Coots

01 May 1933 Comments Main paper IN 1932 many more nests of the Coot (Fulica a. ater) were built on Fetcham Pond, Leatherhead, than I had seen in the previous five years in which I have had the pond under observation. In 1930 there were six nests with 15 young; in 1931 ten nests with 12 ...
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Letters

01 March 1933 Comments Letters S I R S , -- I am making an investigation into t h e extent t o which butterflies in t h e perfect or imaginal state are preyed upon in t h e British Isles by birds, and should be grateful for any first-hand observations, giving, where possible, t h e spe...
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