BRITISnDIRDS 



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 4. September 2, 1907. 



On the Nesting of a Pair of Herons on Dungeness Beach, by 



N. F. Ticehurst, M.A., F.K.c.s.ENG. ... ... ... Page 97 



Nestling Birds, and Some of the Problems they present, by 



W. P. Py craft, A.L.S., F.z.s., M.B.O.U. (Part I.) ... 102 



Nesting Habits observed abroad of some Eare British Birds, by 



F. C. Selous (Part IV.) — continued from page ^Q 107 



On the More Important Additions to our Knowledge of British 

 Bh-ds since 1899, by H. F. Witherby and N. F. Ticehurst 

 (Part III.) — continued from page 'Ao ... ... 109 



"Wind and Flight, by F. W. Headley, M.A., M B.O.U. (Part I.) ... 115 



Notes : — Occurrence of the Fieldfare in August (F. W. Frohawk). 

 The Nuthatch as a Nest -Builder (Philip H. Bahr). 

 Brambling in June in Yorkshire (T. A. Coward). Southern 

 Grrey Shrike in Norfolk. Number of Eggs laid bv the 

 Cuckoo (F. Kerry). A Clutch of White Eggs of the 

 Woodcock (A. Landsborough Tliomson). The Pacific Eider 

 (Fred. Stubbs). The Tail-Feathers of the Grebes; etc., etc. 122 



Keview : — Notes on the Birds of Eutland ... ... ... 128 



Book of the Month 128 



ON THE NESTING OF A PAIR OF HERONS ON 

 DUNGENESS BEACH. 



BY 



N". F. TICEHURST, m.a., f.b.c.s.eng. 



The following- account of a nest of the Common Heron 

 [Ardea cinerea L.) built in the middle of a small pool of 

 water is worth recording-, as being a dejiarture from the 

 usual nesting habits of this bird in the British Islands. 



The pool is one of a number of small ones adjacent to 

 the larger ones in the centre of Dimgeness beach, in Kent, 



