BRITISnDIRDS 



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



ASSISTED BY 



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



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



Contents of Number 4, Vol. X. September 1, 1916. 



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



Nestling. By J. H. Owen 74 



The 1 ate Austin Geoffrey Leigh . . . . . . . . . . 87 



The late Lieut.-Col. B. R. Horsburgh 89 



The late Capt. J. M. and Lieut. H. V. Charlton 90 



Notes : — 



Parasitic Worms in Red-backed Shrike (Miller Clu'isty) . . 93 



Reeling Period of Grasshopper- Warbler (M iss E. L. Turner) 94 



Song-Thrush Breeding Twice in Same Nest (Rev. D. A. Scott) 94 



Blackbird Feigning Injury (H. Bentham) . . . . . . 95 



Hobby Breeding in Leicestershire and Northampton (W. 



Hubert Barrow and P. L. Parker) . . . . . . . . 95 



Early Movement of Waders on Lancashire Coast (T. Baddeley) 96 



Direction of Markings on Terns' Eggs (W. Rowan) . . . . 96 



Cock Pheasant killing Chicks (W. Rowan) . . . . . . 97 



Short Note : — Cuckoo's Egg in Goldcrest's Nest . . . . 97 



Review : — A Bibliography of British Ornithology . . . . 98 



Letter : — On Incubation (E. B. Dunlop) . . . . . . . . 100 



