Letters

01 October 1985
Comments Letters Distinction between Mandarin and Wood Duck in female-type plumages. A comprehensive description of differences between Mandarin Aix galericulata and Wood Duck A. sponsa was given by C. Holt {Brit. Birds 11: 227-232). As he noted, however, some of the c...
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Notes

01 April 1951
Comments Notes T H E following notes, made on a colony of Rooks (Corvus frugilegus) in a Cambridge street during March, 1949, have been prompted by Mr. C. M. Ogilvie's article on this subject (antea, pp. 1-5). This rookery, comprising only five pairs, was a new one, pr...
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Notes

01 September 1928
Comments Notes " RINGERS " are requested to send in to the Editor, not later than October 1st, their schedules, together with a list showing the number of each species ringed. BLUE-HEADED WAGTAIL BREEDING IN NORTH ENGLAND. IT was so long ago as 1869-70 that Motacilla f...
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