BRITI5HDIW)5 



EDITED BY H. F. WITHERBY, F.Z.S., MB.O.U. 



assisted by 



Rev. F. C. E. 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. IV. August 1, 1910. 



PAGE 



On a Mallard Duck removing her Eggs, by Emma L. Turner . . 66 



On the Down-Plumage and Mouth-Coloration of Nestling Birds. 



I. By C. B. Ticehurst. II. By A. G. Leigh 70 



Notes : — 



Marking Birds. (H. F. Witherby) 74 



Song-Thrush Building in a heap of Bricks (F. C. Hill) . . 74 



Blackbirds and Thrushes Nesting on theGround(N.F.Ticehurst) 75 



Late Ring-Ouzel in Kent (H. H. Farwig) . . . . . . 77 



Redstart and Blue Tit laying in the same Nest (H. R. Tutt) 77 



Two Broods reared in a Hedge-Sparrow's Nest (T. R. Ward) 77 



Three Long-tailed Tits feeding Young (Smith Whiting) . . 78 



Golden Orioles in Derbyshire, etc. (F. C. R. Jourdain) . . 79 



A Red-backed Shrike's '= Larder" (N. Tracy) . . . . . . 79 



Red-backed Shrike in North Staffordshire (T. Smith) . . 80 



Greenfinch swallowing Faeces of Young (H. W. Ford-Lindsay) 81 



Late Stay of a Brambling in Ireland (J. Beddall Smith) . . 81 

 Crossbills Nesting in England : — 



In Essex (J. Beddall Smith) ; in Gloucestershire (E. T. 

 Clarke) ; in Kent (H. R. Tutt) ; in Norfolk (N. Tracy) ; 



in Sussex (H. H. Farwig) 81-82 



Irruption of Crossbills . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 



Large Clutch of Eggs of the Wryneck (H. W. Ford-Lindsay) . . 83 



A Great Spotted Woodpecker's Nesting-Hole (E. Earle) . . 84 



Tawny Owl nesting in a Rabbit-burrow (H. M. Upcher) . . 84 



The Present Status of the British Kite (H. F. Witherby) . . 84 



On the Food of the Common Heron (Claud B. Ticehurst) . . 85 



Inland Nesting of the Sheld-Duck in Cheshire (T. A. Coward) 86 



American Wigeon in Anglesey (Chas. Oldham) . . . . 87 



Wood-Sandpiper and Ruffs in Kent in June (H. F. Witherby) 87 



Curlew Nesting in Norfolk (N. Tracy) . . . . . . . . 88 



Black Tern in Bedfordshire (John Paterson) . . . . . . 88 



Marked Sandwich Tern apparently Nesting in its first year 



(H. W. Robinson) 88 



Food of the Nesting Lesser Black-Backed Gull (H.W.Robinson) 88 

 On the Food and Feeding-Habits of the Razorbill (F. W. 



Frohawk) 90 



Short Notes : — Late Fieldfare in Kent. Nesting-Habits of the 

 Wren. Blue-headed Wagtail breeding in Wiltshire. Pro- 

 bable Black-headed Wagtail in Norfolk. Wryneck in Cum- 

 berland. Short-eared Owl Nesting in Essex. Supposed 

 occurrence of the Swallow-tailed Kite in Surrey. Garganey 

 on the Solway. Food of the Wood-Pigeon. Stone-Curlews 



in Bedfordshire and Cumberland. Black Terns in Yorkshire 92 



Review : — The British Bird Book . . . . . . . . . . 95 



