[to The Edfior Of The " Spectator."] Sir,—the Late...
Basil Wilberforce's statement about the cuckoo's eggs in Mr. Hart's museum at Christchurch is quite correct. Mr. Hart has often shown me the "clutches " men- tioned, and the......
[to The Editor Or The " Speofator."] Sir,—reading A Letter
on the above in your issue of June 5th recalls to my memory that when serving in H.M.S. ` Zebra' off the coast of Angola in '62 or '63, I witnessed an attack of a thresher and.......
Bird Life Abroad.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, I have read with great interest in your issue of May 15th the article on the buzzard, in which reference is made to our laws for bird......
Thl Thresher And The Wfiat.e.
[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, —Will you kindly allow me a little space in your interesting columns to reply to a letter on the above subject in your issue of June......
Nature Red In Tooth And Claw.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The experiences of the keeper mentioned by Sir Robert Armstrong-Jones in his letter published in your issue of June 19th are......
[to The Editor Of The " Speceator."1 Sir,—the Late Mr.
Frank T. Millen, who had apparently some intimacy with 'whales, writes in his book, Creatures of the Sea : " I have seen the thresher shark attacking the whale (Mysti- cetus) at......
Cruelty To Birds.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—All lovers of nature must have read the correspondence in your columns relative to the Plumage Bill with interest; but if there be......
Cuckoo's Eggs.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sia,—May I be permitted to add to your answer to the inquiry in your last number about the power of the cuckoo to alter the coloration of......
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