Denis Summers-Smith 1952

D. Summers-Smith: The Breeding Biology of the Spotted Flycatcher
British Birds XLV 5 May 1952

This is the classic UK study, based on 548 nest records, mainly from the BTO’s Nest Record Scheme. An early piece of work from a young Denis Summers-Smith, who would later make his name with his studies of sparrows, starting with his New Naturalist monograph The House Sparrow (1963).