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BRITISH BIRDS. 



Benson, Rev. Dr. Charles W., 

 Note on an unrecorded Great 

 Skua in Meath, 194. 



Bentham, Howard, Notes on 

 Black Redstart in Surrey, 18(5 ; 

 Grey Wagtails Nesting in Sur- 

 rey, 218 ; Red-backed Shrike's 

 Method of DeaUng with its 

 Prey, 219; Sky- Lark as Foster- 

 Parent of Cuckoo, 278. Letter 

 on Large Clutches of Eggs laid 

 by Birds in Iceland, 287. 



bernicla, Branta, see Goose, Brent. 



hewickii, Cygnus b., see Swan, 

 Bewick's. 



hiarmicus, Panurus h., see Tit, 

 Bearded. 



Bittern, Little, in Somerset, 123 ; 

 in Northamptonshire, 284 ; in 

 Fifeshire, 317. 



Blackl)ird, Recovery of Marked, 

 99, 212; Early Nests of, 316; 

 Notes on a Pied, 372. 



Blackcap, Early Nest of, 87 ; in 

 England in winter, 279, 313. 



Blakeney Point Tern Colonies, 199. 



Bluethroat, Early autumn arrival 

 of, in Norfolk, 150 ; at Fair 

 Isle in Spring, 351. 



, Lapland, in Forth. 186. 



, White-spotted, in Sussex, 187. 



hoarula, Motacilla b.. Wagtail, Grey. 



Bolam, George, Note on Common 

 Gull breeding on the Fame 

 Islands, 95. 



Bonhote, J. Lewis, Letter on 

 Incubation, 29. 



Borders, Spring-Notes on the, 

 (1911-12), 107. 



borin, Sylvia, see Warbler, Garden-. 



BoRRER, Clifford, Notes on Early 

 Breeding of Dotterel. 67 ; The 

 Weather and Early Migration, 

 1.50; Aquatic Warbler in Nor- 

 folk, 220 ; Snow-Geese in 

 Norfolk, 224 ; Early Nesting 

 of Lesser Redpoll and Gold- 

 finch, 254. Letter on Blakeney 

 Point Tern Colonies, 199. 



Boyd, A. W., Note on Waders 

 Inland in South Lancashire, 

 192. 



brack ydactyla, Calandrella b., see 

 Lark, Short-toed. 



brach yrhynchus, A7iser, see Goose, 

 Pink-tooted. 



Briggs, T. H., Note on the 

 " Peewit " Note of the Green- 

 fmch, 312. 



britannica, Sitta c, see Nuthatch. 



britannicus, Lams /., see Gull, 

 Lesser Black-backed, British. 



• , Lyrurua t., see Grouse, Black. 



British Birds, New: The Terek 

 Sandpiper, 74 - 8 ; Eastern 

 Large - billed Reed - Bunting, 

 153-4 ; Lapland Bluethroat, 

 186. 



British Races or Forms : The 

 British Lesser Black-backed 

 Gull, 2, 360 ; The British Black- 

 Grouse, 270 ; The Hebridean 

 Song-Thrush, 341. 



Brock, S. E., Note on Early 

 Nesting of Dotterel, 94. 



Bruce, William S., LL.D., Appre- 

 ciation of Edward Adrian 

 Wilson, 290. 



Bullfinch, British, Early Nest of, 

 87 ; Food of, 261. 



, Northern, in Shetland, 167 ; 



at Fair Isle, 350. 



BuLSTRODE, R., Note on Cross- 

 bill Nesting in Buckingham- 

 shire, 60. 



Bunting, Black-headed, at Fair Isle, 

 150. 



, Cirl, in Merioneth, 61 ; 



Nesting in Essex, 372. 



, Lapland, at St. Kilda, 151 ; 



at Fair Isle, 350. 



, Little, at Fair Isle and St. 



Kilda, 151, 350. 



, Ortolan, at St. Kilda, 151 ; at 



Fair Isle, 350. 



, Reed-, Albinistic, 61. 



, , Eastern Large-billed, 



in Sussex, 153-4 ; Races of, 

 153. 



, Yellow, Early Nest ol, 87, 



316 ; Recovery of marked, 98. 



Bun yard, P. F., Notes on Early 

 Nests in 1912, 87 ; Crossbills 

 Breeding in Suffolk, 88; 

 Attempted Breeding of the 

 Grey Wagtail in Surrey, 154; 

 Tufted Duck and Teal breeding 

 in Surrey, 158. Letters on 

 Sporadic 'Nesting, 168, 230. 



Bustard, Little, in Devon, 225. 



biiieo, Buteo b., see Buzzard, Com- 



