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



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 6, Vol. IV. November 1, 1910. 



On the Positions assumed by Birds in Flight — I. Starting. By 



Bentley Beetham, F.Z.S 102 



The " Life of William MacGillivray." Reviewed by W. H. Mullens 169 



On a supposed Egg-daubing Habit occasionally exhibited by the 



Jackdaw, by J. Wiglesworth, M.D. . . . . . . . . 176 



Notes : — ■ 



Recovery of Marked Birds . . . . . . . . . . 178 



On some Isle of Wight Birds (Rev. J. E. Kelsall) .. .. 181 



Bluethroats in Norfolk (E. C. Arnold) 182 



Blue-headed Wagtail in Carnarvonshire (T. A. Coward) . . 183 



The Red-backed Shrike's " Larder " (F. W. Headley) . . 184 



Pied Flycatchers in Sussex (Norman H. Joy) . . . . . . 184 



Behaviour of the Greenfinch at the Nest (C. Kingsley Siddall) 184 



The Crossbill Irruption . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 



Crossbills Nesting— In Suffolk and Norfolk (J. Beddall Smith) 187 



In Surrey (C. W. Colthrup) 187 



On the Late Nesting of the Cirl Bvmting in Soinerset 



(H. W. Mapleton) 188 



Ceremonial Gatherings of the Magpie (Walter Stewart) . . 188 



The persistence of the right Ovaiy and its Duct in the 



Sparrow-Hawk (C. B. Ticehurst) 188 



Quails in Lewis, Outer Hebrides (W. M. Congreve) . . . . 189 



Great Bustard in Hampshire (Philip W. Munn) . . . . 190 



The Moult of the Great Bustard (Abel Chapman) . . . . 190 



Black-headed Gull Capturing young Wheatear on the Wing 



(H. W. Robinson) 191 



Kittiwakes Swimming in very heavy Seas (Kenneth H. Jones) 191 



Unequal Wing-strokes in Flight (F. W. Headley) . . . . 192 



Short Notes : — Blackbirds and Song-Thrushes Nesting on the 

 Ground. Flocking of the Red-breasted Merganser in 

 Autumn. The Boundary of Staffordshire and 



Warwickshire . . . . • • .... . . 192 



Review: — " Birds of Ayrshire "' .. .. .. •• •• 194 



Letter :— British Song-Thrushes 195 



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