Abstract
MR. NICHOLSON has given us a book which, although in the form of a popular manual, is much more than a presentation of established facts. It indeed makes a real contribution to a neglected subject, giving the results of original observation and usefully indicating lines of further research. It has additional novelty, through the enterprise of Messrs. Witherby, in being a ‘sound-book’;-illustrated by gramophone records as well as by pictures. To these remarkable records of birds singing in the wild state reference has already been made (NATURE, Oct. 10, p. 610): the text now before us includes a chapter by Mr. Koch telling how they were obtained, and an appendix giving a detailed key to their contents.
Songs of Wild Birds
By E. M. Nicholson Ludwig Koch. (Bird-Lovers' Manuals.) Pp. xxxi + 216 + 18 plates. (London: H. F. and G. Witherby, 1936.) With 2 gramophone records, 15s. net.
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T., A. Songs of Wild Birds. Nature 139, 132–133 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139132a0
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