BRITBHDIRDS 



EDITED BY H. F. WITHERBY, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 



assisted by 



Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain, m.a., m.b.o.u., and Norman F, 



ticehurst, m.a., f.r.c.s., m.b.o.u. 



Contents of Number 3, Vol. VI. August, 1 1912. 



PACK 



The Terek Sandpiper in Kent. By Thomas Parkin. Description 



and Distribution by H. F. Witherby and F. C. R. Jourdain . . li 



" Studies in Bird Migration." By C. B. Ticehurst . . . . 79' 

 Notes :— 



Increase and Decrease in Summer-Residents (The Editors) . . 87 



Early Nests in 1912 (P. F. Bunyard) 87 



Crossbills Breeding in Suffolk for the Third Year in Succession 



(P. F. Bunyard) S8 



Grey Wagtail Breeding in Hertfordshire (The Duchess of 



Bedford) 89 



Isabelline Wheatear in Suffolk (Thomas Parkin) .. .. 89 



Deserted Wren's Nest used again (J. H. Owen) . . . . 90 

 Early Laying of the Cuckoo and Removal of the Eggs of 



Foster-parents (F. C. Selous) . . . . . . . . . . 90 



Wrens as Foster-parents of the Cuckoo (J. H. Owen). . . . 91 



Honey-Buzzard in co. Antrim (W. C. Wright) . . . . 92 



The Distribution of the Fulmar Petrel 93 



Early Nesting of Dotterel (S. E. Brock) 94 



Moving Lapwing's Eggs (N. F. Richardson) . . . . . . 94 



Red-breasted Sandpiper in Sussex (Thomas Parkin) . . . . 95 



Late Arrival of Common Terns at Breeding-Sites (H. W. 



Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 



Sandwich Tern again Nesting on Walney, North Lancashire 



(H.W.Robinson) 95 



Common Gull Breedmg on the Fame Islands (George Bolam) . . 95 



Spotted Crake Nesting in Roxljurghshire (Abel Chapman) . . 96 



Recovery of Marked Birds . . . . . . . . . . 97 



Short Notes : — Lesser Redpoll Nesting in Wiltshire. Grey Wag- 

 tail Nesting in West Sussex. Northern Willow- Warbler 

 in Solway. Continental Song-Thrush in Sohvay and 

 Moray. Greenland Falcon in Outer Hebrides. In- 

 crease of Grey Lag-Goose on the Solway. Flight 

 of the Common Snipe. Common Snipe Nesting in 

 Bedfordshire. Black Tern in Wigtownshire. Early 

 arrival of Summer-birds m " Clyde" . . . . . . 101 



Review : — The Flight of Birds 103 



Letter -.—The Stomach of a Water-Rail 104 



