372 



BRITISH BIRDS. 



in Surrey, 316 ; Zone-marked 



Egg of Black-headed Gull, 317. 

 hewicki, Cygnus, see Swan, Bewick's. 

 hiarmicus, Panurus, see Titmouse, 



Bearded. 

 Bird- Watcher's Guide, The, 8. 

 Bittern, American, Scottish Records 



of, 31. 



Common, Food of, 159. 



Little, in Coi'nwall, 126. 



Blackbird, Incubation and Fledging 



Period of, 29 ; Breeding Habits 

 of, 44 ; Nesting on the Ground, 

 75, 116, 192; Recovery of 

 Marked, 113, 282, 335; and 

 Ring-Ouzel interbreeding, 116 ; 

 and Song-Thrush interbreeding, 

 159 ; Increase in Orkney, 220 ; 

 Song-period of, 278 ; Removal 

 of fceces by, 307 ; MJQ-ration 

 of, 361. 



Blackcap (nestling), 70 ; Nesting 

 in Orkney, 220 ; Distribution 

 of in South-west Scotland, 

 226 , at Sea, 243 ; Probable 

 Wintering of, in England, 295. 



Bladen, W. Wells, Note on 

 Pijitails in Staffordshire, 218. 



Blathwayt, Rev. F. L., Notes 

 on Probable Nesting of Cross- 

 bill in Lincolnshire, 121 ; Great 

 Crested Grebes Nesting in 

 Somersetshire, 368 ; Shoveler, 

 Tufted Duck^ and Garganey 

 Nesting in Somerset, 366. 



Bluethroat, Red-spotted, in "Clyde" 

 125 ; in Norfolk in Sirring, 148 ; 

 Influx in Norfolk in Autumn, 

 182 ; at Fair Isle, 289 ; off 

 Suffolk in Sprmg, 295. 



BoNHOTE, J. Lewis, Note on Ring- 

 Ouzel and Blackbird inter- 

 breeding in Kent, 116 ; Letter 

 on The Generic Names of our 

 Swallows, 230. 



borealis, MotaciUa fiava, see Wagtail, 

 Grey-headed. 



BoERER, Clifford, Notes on Arctic 

 Bluethroat in Norfolk in Spring, 

 148 ; Barred Warbler in Nor- 

 folk, 209 ; Tawny Pipit in 

 Norfolk, 210 ; Crossbill Nesting 

 in Kent, 365. 



hoscas. Anas, see Mallard. 



brachyrhynchus, Anser, see Goose, 

 Pink-footed. 



Brambling, Late Stay of, 20, 47, 

 81 ; Seen at Sea, 242. 



hrenta, Bernicla, see Goose, Brent. 



britannica, Certhia /., see Creeper, 

 British Tree-. 



Sitta e., see Nuthatch, British. 



britannicus, Cinclus c, see Dipper, 

 British. 



Parws a., see Titmouse, British 



Coal-. 



British Bird Book, The, Reviewed, 

 95 ; Letter on, 127. 



British Birds, New — American 

 Water Pipit, 285 ; B'vth's 

 Reed-Warbler, 302. 



Races or Form's — Shet- 

 land Wren, 133 ; Wrens from 

 the Hebrides and Fair Isle, 

 134; St. Kilda Wren, 134; Irish 

 Dipper, 134; Irish Jay, 234; 

 Irish Coal-Tit, 283 ; Great- 

 Spotted Woodpecker, 337. 



Bullfinch, British, Song-period of, 

 277. 



Nonthern, in Shetland, 211 ; 



in Yorkshire, 250 ; in Scotland, 

 292, 369. 



Bunting, Cirl, in Cheshu-e, 62 ; 

 Late Nesting of, in Somerset, 

 188 ; Song-period of, 278. 



Corn-, (nestling) 72 ; Song- 

 period of, 278. 



Lapland, at Fair Isle, 290 



at the Isle of May, 318. 



Little, at Fair Isle, 290. 



Ortolan, at Fair Isle, 290 ; 



at the Isle of May, 318. 



Rustic, at Fair Isle, 290. 



Snow-, Attainment of Adult 



Plumage, 221. 



Yellow, (nestling) 23, 73 ; In- 

 cubation and Fledging-period 

 of, 29 ; Song-period of, 278. 



BuNYARD, P. F., Note on Crossbills 

 Nesting in Suffolk, 363. 



Bustard, Great, Moult of, 32, 190 ; 

 in Hampshire, 190. 



Buzzard, Common, Aggressiveness 

 of, 152 ; Plumage and Age, 221. 



Rough-legged, in Sussex and 



Berkshire, 122 ; in Northum- 

 berland. 315 ; in Sussex, 366. 



Cairnie, Charles, Note on Velvet 



