BRITISIIDIRDS 



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



assisted by 



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



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



Contents of Number 5, Vol. VI. October 1, 1912. 



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Notes on the Bearded Tit. By Miss E. L. Turner . . . . 138 



Hybrids between Black-game and Pheasant. By the Rev. 



F, C. R. Jourdain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14G 



Notes : — 



The Weather and Early Migration (Clifford Bori-er) . . . . 150 



Additional Records for Fair Isle and St. Kilda. . . . . . 150 



Rose-colovired Starling in Sussex (H. W. Ford-Lindsay) .. 152 



Eastern Large-billed Reed-Bunting in Sussex (J. B. Nichols 



and Dr. E. Hartert) 153 



Attempted Breeding of the Grey Wagtail in Surrey (P. F. 



Bunyard) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 



Probable Nesting of the Pied Flycatcher in Moray (Captain 



C. E. Stracey Clitherow) 154 



Wren Breeding in old Nest (A. Geoffrey Leigh). . .. .. 155 



Cuckoo laying in nests of Marsh-Warbler and Rock-Pipit 



(R. P. Wild and the Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain) . . . . 155 



Night-Heron in Cheshire (J. Moore) . . . . . . . . 156 



Abnormal breeding-habits of the Sheld-Duck (D. Miuiro 



Smith) 157 



Tufted Duck and Teal breeding in Surrey (P. F. Bimyard) . . 158 

 Movements of Common Scoters off the North Coast of Whales 



in Summer (R. W. Jones) . . . . . . . . . . 158 



Sooty Sheai-water off Kent (H. G. Alexander) . . . . 159 



Stock-Dove laying again with Young still in the Nest (J. H. 



Owen) 159 



LTnpigmented Eggs of the Ringed Plover (W. Rowan) . . 160 



On Removing Lapwing's Eggs (Lewis R. W. Loyd) . . . . 162 



Great Skua in Carnarvonshire (R. W. Jones) .. .. .. 163 



The 1912 " Wreck " of the Little Auk (William E. Glegg) . . 164 

 Land-Rail calling in August (.J. H. Owen) . . . . . . 164 



Quails in Shropshire (J. H. Owen) . . . . . . . . 164 



Short Notes : — Lesser Whitethroat in Solway. Great Spotted 

 Woodpecker breeding at Loch Lomond. Breeding- 

 habits of the Tawny Owl. Hybrid Eider and Wild 

 Duck. Plvunage of the Fulmar. Fulmars breeding at 

 Stronsay, Orkney. Fulmars breeding in Ireland. Im- 

 mature Black-necked Grebe in Solway. Turtle-Dove 

 nesting on the Borders. Broad-billed Sandpiper in 

 Tay. Green Sandpipers in Tay and Solway. Cor- 

 rection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 



Review : — Report on Scottish Ornithology in 1911, includina 



Migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 



Letters: — Sporadic Nesting. The Birds of Wigtownshire .. 168 



