BRIimDIRDS 



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

 ASSISTED BY W. P. PYCRAFT, A.L.S , M.B.O.U. 



Contents of Ntjmbeb 2. July 1, 1907. 



Memoir of Alfred Newton, bj' R. Bowdler Sharpe, ll.d., etc. ... Page 33 



A Study of tlie Home Life of the Ospre}', by P. H. Bahr, b.a., 



M.B.O.U. (Part II.) — continued, from page 22 ... ... 40 



Tlie British Willow Tit {Partis atricapiUus Meinschmldti 



Hellm.), by the Hon. Walter Eothsehild, PH.D. ... ... 44 



Nesting Habits observed abroad of some Bare British Birds, by 



F. C. Selous (Part II.)— cow/twwprf/row^^a^e 27 ... ..". 48 



On the More Important Additions to our Knowledge of British 



Birds since 1899, by H. F. Witherby and N. F. Ticehurst 52 



Notes: — Sociable Plover in Kent (C. B. Ticehurst). Supposed 

 Serin Finches in Sussex (EI. Langton). Migrating Birds 

 Returning to the Same Place (V. Wilson). Tlie Spring 

 Moult of the Arctic Tern (W. E. Clarke\ Golden Oriole 

 in Sussex (H. Langton) ... ... ... ... ... 57 



Review: — Bird-Life of the Borders ... ... ... ... 60 



List of Books 60 



Lettei's : — The Ear of the Woodcock (W. B. Nichols and P. C 

 Mitchell). Four Birds in a Long-Tailed Tit's Nest (.A. A. 

 van Pelt Lechner). Birds Struck liy Lightning (F. C. R. 

 Jourdain). " Incubation Spots " (M. C. H. Bird). Baer's 

 Pochard as a British Bird (The Hon. W. Rothschild) ... 61 



ALFRED NEWTON. 



The deatJi of Professor Newton, which took place at 

 Camhridg'e on the 7th of Jvine last, creates a void in the 

 ranks of British Ornithologists which it will be impossible 

 to fill. 



He was one of the small band of enthusiasts who 

 founded the British Ornithologists' Union, the establish- 

 ment of which has had such a sterling influence on the 

 study of Natural History in the British Islands. Respected 

 and loved by his contemporaries who joined him in this 

 great achievement, revered and consulted by the younger 

 generation, he held a unique position among zoologists in 



