13 JULY 1929, Page 18

" A VANISHING BIRD."

I am glad to be able to corroborate your correspondent's assertion that in this district, at any rate, the picturesque bird, the yellow-hammer, has been in great abundance. I am also glad to be able to state that the goldfinch, which a few years ago was almost extinct, is now quite in evidence, a fact which I attribute largely to the good work effected by the Wild Bird Protection Act.—J. P. BACON PHILLIPS, Burgess Hill, Sussex.