BRITISnDIPsDS 



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



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 5, Vol. IV. October 1, 1910. 



Notes on Various Species of British Birds (from Part VI. of the 

 Vfigel d. palaarkt. Fauna) by Dr. E. Hartert 



On Incubation, by Eric B. Dunlop . . 



The Notes of the British Willow -Tit, by C. J. Alexander 



Notes : — 



Arctic Bluethroat in Norfolk in Spring (Clifford Borrer) 

 Extraordinary Devotion of a pair of Lesser Whitethroats to 



their Nest (H. W. Ford-Lindsay) 



Yellow-browed Warbler in Suffolk (Rev. J. G. Tuck). . 

 Pied Flycatchers in Sussex (Dr. N. F. Ticehurst) 

 Aggressiveness of a Buzzard in Westmorland, and a Golden 



Eagle in Inverness-shire (Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain) . . 

 Abnormally coloured Gannet (Jasper Atkinson) 

 Food of the Common Heron (F. W. Frohawk) . . 

 Common Scoter breeding in Ireland (Major H. Trevelyan) 

 Velvet Scoters in Caithness in Summer (C. Cairnie) . . 

 Four Egos in a Wood-Pigeon's Nest (Dr. M. W^inzar Compton 

 LTnequal Wing-strokes in Flight (A. W. Seaby) . . 

 Quail at Stornoway, Outer Hebrides (W. H. Workman) 

 Manoeuvres of Lapwing in defence of Yoimg (Commander H 



Lynes, R.N.) . . 

 Further Notes on Tame Snipe (H. Wormald) . . 

 Black Tern in Surrey (H. Bentham) 



Review : — The Glasgow Naturalist . . 



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NOTES ON VARIOUS SPECIES OF BRITISH BIRDS 



(From Part VI. of the Vogel d. pal. Fauna). 

 BY 



ernst hartert. 



The Correct Name of White's Thrush. 



Instead of under the " familiar " name Turdus varius, 



White's Thrush appears on p. 642 of my Vogel der 



PaldarUischen Fauna as Turdus dauma aureus. My 



