BRlTISnDIRDS 



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



ASSISTED BY 



Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain, m.a., m.b.o.u., and Norman F. 



TtCEHURST, M.A., F.R.C.S., M.B.O.U. 



Contents of Number 1, Vol. X. June 1, 1916. 



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Some Breeding-Habits of the Sparrow-Hawk. (1) The Effect of 



Rain. By J. H. Owen 2 



The Moult of the British Passeres, with Notes on the Sequence 



of their Plumages. Part V. By H. F. Witherby . . . . 11 



The late Lieut.-Col. H. H. Harington (E.C.S.B.) .. .. 19 



Notes : — 



Parrot-Crossbill in Norfolk (Clifford Borrer) 20 



Early Nest of Reed-Warbler with Cuckoo's Egg (Dr. E. Hartert) 20 



Blackbird feigning Injury (T. C. Hobbs) 21 



Early Arrival of Swifts . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 



Spoonbills in Devonshire and Hampshire (E. A. S. Elliot and 



Miss E. M. Imrie) 21 



Diving by Surface-feeding Ducks (Abel Chapman) . . . . 22 



Ruddy Sheld-Ducks in Somerset (Dr. J. Wiglesworth) . . 23 



Pochard Breeding in North Wales (George Bolam) . . . . 24 



Hooded Mergansers in Merioneth (H. E. Forrest) . . . . 24 



Greenshank and Black Tern in Berkshire (Norman H. Joy) . . 24 



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