BRIHSHDIRDS 



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. 



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



Contents of Number 7, Vol. VI. December 2, 1912. 



Migration Notes from Holy Island, Northumberland, Autumn, 



1912. By H. F. Witherby 



Recovery of Marked Birds . . 

 Notes : — 



Rare Migrants in Yorkshire (J. K. Stanford) 



Early nesting of Lesser Redpoll in Norfolk (B. B. Riviere) 



Tawny Pipit in Sussex (E. C. Arnold) 



Grey Wagtails nesting in Surrey (H. Bentham) 



Wall-Creeper in Sussex (H. W. Ford-Lindsay). . 



Willow-Tits in Norfolk and Huntingdon (Dr. C. B. Ticehurst 



Great Grey Shrike in Rutland (Mrs. K. Hughes-Onslow) 



Red-backed Slu'ike's method of dealing with its prey (H 



Bentham) 

 Aquatic Warbler in Norfolk (Clifford Borrer) . . 

 Barred Warblers in Suffolk and Norfolk (Dr. C. B. TicehiuTst 



and E. C. Arnold) 



Dartford Warbler in Ireland (R. M. Barrington) 



Greenland Wheatear in Derbyshire (Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain) 



Black Redstarts in Anglesey (C. Oldham) 



Black Redstart in Carnarvonshire (R. W. Jones) 



Cuckoos laying in Rock-Pipits' ISIests (Heatley Noble and 



Major H. Terry) 



Glossy Ibises in Essex (Walter B. Nichols) 

 Night-Heron in Cheshire (T. A. Coward) 

 Snow-Geese in Norfollc (Clifford Borrer) 

 Goosander and Scaup in Wai'wickshire (A. G. Leigh). . 

 Redshanks trapped by cockles (J. W. W. Stephens) 

 Long-tailed Skua in Norfolk (E. C. Arnold) 

 Little Bustard in Devon (Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain) 

 Little Auks in Sussex and Warwickshire (H. W. Ford-I,indsay 

 and H. Collison) . . 

 Short Notes : — Tree-Pipits in Ireland. White Wagtails in co 

 Donegal. Wryneck in co. Galway. Levantine Shear- 

 water in Yorkshire. Spotted Redshank in Cumber- 

 land. Avocet in co. Donegal. Black-tabled Godwits 

 in Ireland. Black-tailed Godwits in the Outer Hebrides 

 and Cumberland. Dark-throated Variety of Quail in 

 Northamptonshire . . 

 Review ■ — The Home-Life of the Tenifi 



Death of Mr. W. B. Tegetmeier 



Letters : — Sporadic nesting. Supposed occurrence of the 

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