BRITISHDIRDS 



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



assisted by 



Rev. F. C. E,. Jourdain, m.a., m.b.o.u., and Noeman F. 



ticehurst, m.a., p.r.c.s., m.b.o.u. 



Contents of Number 9, Vol. IV. February 1, 1911. 



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The Tradescant Museum. By W. H. IMullens, ]M.A., LL.]\I., 



F.L.S ■ 266 



Fiu-ther Observations on the Song-Periods of Birds. By C. J. 



and H. G. Alexander . . . . ' . . 274 



Xotes : — 



Recovery of Marked Birds . . . . . . . . . . 279 



A Marked Teal (James Bartholomew) . . 280 



On " Ringing " smaller Birds (N. H. Joy) . . . . . . 281 



The Irish Coal-Tit (H. F. Witherby) 283 



British Willow-Tit in West Scotland — 



In Renfrewshire (Robert W. S. Wilson) 284 



In Kirkcudbrightshire (The Duchess of Bedford) . . . . 284 



British Willow-Tit in Lincobishire (H. F. Witherby) . . . . 284 



American Water-Pipit at St. Kilda (H.F.W.) 285 



Lesser Redpoll Nesting in Essex (C. L. Collenette) . . . . 286 



The Northern Great Spotted Woodpecker as a British Bird 



(H. F. Witherby) 286 



Little Owl in Warwickshire (A. Geoffrey Leigh) . . . . 287 



White-tailed Eagle in Carnarvonshire (H. E. Forrest) . . 288 



Pintails in Staffordshire (John R. B. Masefield) . . . . 288 



Goosanders and Cormorant in Bedfordshii-e (Harry Lewis) . . 288 



Little Stints in Anglesey (R. W. Jones) 288. 



Fork-tailed Petrel in Sliropshire (H. E. Forrest) . . . . 289- 



Short Notes : — Scottish Ornithology for 1909. Bii-ds at Fair 

 Isle. Continental Song-Thrushes, Goldcrests and Great 

 Tits at the Isle of May. Marsh-Warbler at St. Kilda. 

 Hawfinch Nesting in Scotland. Holboll's Redpoll in 

 Scotland and England. Coues's RediDoll at Fair Isle. 

 Northern Bullfinches in Scotland. Great Spotted 

 Woodpeckers Breeding in Scotland. Supposed 

 Lesser Kestrel in Lincolnshire. Glossy Ibis in the 

 Outer Hebrides 289 



The late Charles Kingsley Siddall 293 



Review : — Report on the Immigrations of Summer Residents 



in the Spring o/ 1909 294 



Letters :— " The Irish Jay " 296 



Warbler with Double-barred Wing in Sussex . . . . 296 



