17 JULY 1920, page 15

(to Ma Editor Ot Tee " Spectator."3

SIR, — Re Mr. Massingham's letter, July 10th, p. 44, " moulted egret plumes." I recently returned home and brought a number of " moulted" egret plumes from Bornu. Taking some to......

The Plumage Bill. [to The Editor Or The " Spectator.")

Sin,—The pressure of more serious work has prevented me from making an earlier reply to the letter from Mr. H. Y. Massingham which appeared in your issue of June 26th, and as......

The Bird Sanctuary As A Memorial.

[To THE Enrroa or Tim " Serorkroa."1 Sin,—Sunday, July 18th, is the two-hundredthanniversary of the birth of Gilbert White, of Selborne, who did more than any other of our......

Cuckoo's Eggs.

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR ".1 Sut,—My attention has been drawn to your recent correspond- ence re cuckoos' eggs. Without laying claim to any exceptional knowledge of......

The Thresher And The Whale.

[To THE EDITOR OF TEE "SPECTATOR"] SIR, — The thresher (Alopecia: vu/pes) is a fish-eating shark with a feeble dentition, met with in tropical or temperate seas. That this shark......