britbudirds 



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



ASSISTED BY 



Rev. F. C. R. JounDAiN, m.a., m.b.o.it., and Norman F. 



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



Contents of Number 3, Vol. X. August 1, 1916. 



Notes :- — 



Stained Eggs of the Great Tit (J. H. Gurney, M. D. Hill ) 

 Pied Flj-catcher in Somerset (E. W. Hendy) . . 

 Robins building Nests in Spruces (Rev. Allan Ellison) 



Spoonbill in Norfolk (W. E. Glegg) 



Diving of the Pintail in Captivity (Miller Christy) . . 

 Common Scoter in Shropshire in Summer (H. E. Forrest) 

 On the Status of the Common Curlew and the Black Grouse 



in Wiltshire (G. B. Hony) 



Large Brood of Moorhen (Herbert Massey) 

 Cock Pheasant Incubating (Heatley Noble) . . 



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Some Breeding-habits of the Sparrow-Hawk. (3) The Cock. 



By J. H. Owen 50 



Recovery of Marked Birds . . . . . . . . . . 60 



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Shoi't Notes : — Breeding-habits of the Grasshopper- Warbler. 

 Buff-backed Heron reported from Somerset. Grey 

 Phalarope in Yorkshire in Winter. Arctic Skua 

 killing Lambs. Arctic Skua in London in May. 

 Water-Rail at St. Kilda 69 



Review : — YorksJiiri's Contribution to Science . . . . . . 71 



