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BRITISH BIRDS. 



Pipit, Meadow-, Song-period of, 278. 



Richard's, at Fail- Isle, 290. 



Tawn^^ in Xorfo'.k, 210. 



Tree-,' (nestling) 73. 



pleschanka, Saxicola, see Wheatear, 

 Pied. 



Plover, Grey, in Staffordshire, 109. 



Ringed, in Staffordshii'e, War- 

 wickshire, and Worcestershire, 

 109 ; Unusual Clutches of 

 Eggs of, 219 ; Recovery of 

 Marked, 279. 



Sociable, in Sussex, 256. 



Plumages, Sequence of, in British 

 Birds— VI., The British Long- 

 tailed, Great, Coal-, Marsh- and 

 Blue Titmice, 98 : of the Nest- 

 ling Barn-Owl, 322. 



Pochard in Staffordshire and War- 

 wickshire, 108. 



Red-crested, in Sussex, 316. 



Portal, W., Note on Montagu's 

 Harrier in Norfolk, 315. 



PoRTJiAN, M. W., Note on Early 

 " Drumming " of Snipe, 341. 



pratensis,Anthus, see Pipit, Meadow-. 



Crex, see Crake, Corn-. 



Proctor, Major F. W., Note on 

 Great Tit Laying in a Haw- 

 finch's deserted Nest, 119. 



Puffin, Measurements and Weight 

 of, 92. 



pugnax. Machetes, see Ruff. 



pusilla, Emberiza, see Bunting, 

 Little. 



Pycraft, W. p., on the Plumage 

 of the Nestling Barn-Owl, 322. 



Quail in Outer Hebrides, 156, 189 ; 

 in Fife, 160 ; at Sea, 244. 



rail, Motacilla, see Wagtail, Yellow. 



Rail, Land-, Scarcity of, in south- 

 eastern counties in 1909, 295. 



Water-, Albinistic Variety of, 



30; Moult of, 221; Song-period 

 of, 276. 



raUoides, Ardea, see Heron, Squacco. 



Raven, Incubating of, 141 ; Nesting 

 in the Isle of Wight, 181. 



Razorbill, Food and Feeding Habits 

 of, 90 ; Measurements and 

 Weight of, 91 ; in Warwick- 

 shire, 111, 193. 



Redbreast, Rapid Nest-building by 

 a, 17 ; (nesthns), 70 ; at Sea, 

 243 ; Recovery "of Marked, 335. 



Continental, in Suffolk, Nor- 

 folk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, 

 and the Isle of Wight, 245. 



Redpoll, Coues's, at Fair Isle, 292. 



Holboll's, in Scotland and 



England, 291, 368. 



Lesser, Song-period of, 277 ; 



N^esting in Essex, 286. 



Mealv, in England and Scot- 

 land, 254, 368. 



Redshank, Spotted, Sup])osed, in 

 \^'arwickshire and Worcester- 

 shire, 110; in Renfrew, 160, 

 223 ; near Aberdeen, 223 ; 

 Probable status of, in south- 

 west Scotland, 228. 



Redstart, Black, Correct Name of, 

 132; atFairIsle,289; in Carnar- 

 vonshire, 308 ; in 'VMgtown- 

 shire, 309 ; in Essex, 336 ; in 

 Kent and Yorks., 295 ; abun- 

 dant in Sussex, 296. 



Common, Laying in same 



Nest as Blue Tit, 77 ; at Sea, 

 243 ; Arrival of, in 1909, 294, 

 308. 



Redwing, Albinistic Variety of, 30 ; 

 correct Name of, 130 ; Migra- 

 tion of, 361. 



ridibundus. Lams, see Gull, Black- 

 headed. 



Riparia, see Swallows. 



Ritchie, A., Note on Black Terns 

 in Oxfordshire, 26. 



Riviere, f3. B., Notes on the Nest- 

 ing of the Tree-Sparrow, 311 ; 

 Crossbills Nesting in Norfolk, 

 364. 



Robin, see Redbreast. 



Robinson, H. W., Notes on Marked 

 Sandwich Tern apparently 

 nesting in its first Year, 88 ; 

 Food of the Lesser Black- 

 backed Gull, 88 ; Food of the 

 Herring-Gull, 124 ; Black- 

 headed Gull capturing young 

 Wheatear on the Wing, 191 ; 

 Numbers of Young in the 

 Broods of Swallows and Martins 

 in 1910, 249. 



Roller in Staffordshire, 106. 



Rook, Incubation and Fledging 

 Period of, 29 ; (nestling), ^73 ; 



