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Letter: For the record

Published 17 August 2022

Our story on woodpecker skulls was accompanied by a photo of a female pileated woodpecker (23 July, p 19).

In our look at deciphering cuneiform script, the Babylonian god we mentioned is Marduk (6 August, p 40).

The image on the first page of our take on mosquito-borne diseases in Rio de Janeiro was of the favela complex Rocinha (6 August, p 48).

Issue no. 3400 published 20 August 2022

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