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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 Number 3. August 1, 1907. 



The Ee-appearance of the Euff as a Nesting Species in Norfolk, 



by Miss E. L. Turner, F.L.s. ... .. Page 65 



The Supposed Occurrenee of the Pacific Eider (Somateria 



v-nigrum) in British Waters, by F. Smalley ... ... 69 



Nesting Habits observed abroad of some Rare British Birds, by 



F. C. Selous (Part III.) — continued from page bl 76 



On the More Important Additiono to our Knowledge of British 

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

 (Part II.) — continued from jjage bQ ... ... ... 81 



The Sardinian Warbler in Sussex : a new British Bird, by 



Thomas Parkin, M. A., F.z.s., M.B.O.U. 86 



Notes : — Breeding of tlie Blue-headed Wagtail in Wiltshire 

 (Gr. Dent). Canadian Crane in Ireland (H.F.W.). Nesting 

 of the Avocet and Redshank in the Zoological Gardens 

 (H. F. W.). Incubation Period of the Stone-Curlew 

 (E. a. B. Meade-Waldo). The "Drumming" of the 

 Snipe (H.F.W.). "Four Birds in a Long-tailed Tit's 

 Nest" (Chas. E. Pearson). Migrating Birds Returning to 

 the Same Place (Julian G-. Tuck). Meadow- Pipits Nesting 

 in Holes (H. Trevelyan (Major)) 89 



List of Books ... ... 94 



Reviews : — The Birds of Kent. Histoi-y of the Collections con- 

 tained in the Natural History Departments of the British 

 Museum (Part III., Birds) 95 



THE RE-APPEARANCE OF THE RUFF AS A 

 NESTING SPECIES IN NORFOLK. 



BY 



Miss E. L. TURNER, f.l.s. 



Everyone who takes an interest in the birds of this 

 country will have the greatest satisfaction in learning that 

 the RufP, so long lost to Norfolk as a breeding bird, has 

 once more nested in the county. 



A few Ruffs and Reeves may be seen about the particular 

 marshes of which I write every spring, and during the last 



