Legless Birds
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,--On an early day in January, 1929, on the sands at Camber, near Rye, I watched for some time a ringed plover with only one leg, hopping......
[to The Editor Of The Spectator.]
Sin,—In reply to Mr. B. E. Westbury may I suggest that the loss of a leg or legs in our river gulls is due either to fish (pike or eels most probably) or to rats? To the former......
The Fur Crusade
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, I have read with interest the letter in the Spectator of Jan. 17th from Mrs. Breck, President of the Anti-Steel-Trap League of Washington,......
Animal Suffering In Jaffa
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—May I make an urgent appeal towards obtaining an ambulance for the Jaffa and Telaviv Society for the Pro- tection of Animals ? Thanks to......
The Red-throated Diver
SHADOWED and frowned upon by Hope and Hee, Lashed into frenzy by the sudden squall, There lies a tarn. Few human footsteps fall Upon its banks, though passing hinds may see......
Burns And The Biographer
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—In my letter to the Spectator of November 8th I made grave specific charges against the Burns Federation. Sir Alexander Gibb, replying in......
The British Museum
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Mr. Squire, in his delightful references to some past frequenters of the British Museum Reading Room, suggests that " the silent aisles of......
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