BRIHSHDIRDS 



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. 



C!ONTENTS OF NUMBER 5, Vol. X. OCTOBER 2, 1916. 



PAGE 



John Alexander Harvie-Brown. (Plate 1) .. .. .. 102 



Some Breeding-Habits of the Sparrow-Hawk. (5) General 



Habits. By J. H. Owen. 106 



Notes : — 



Probable Nesting of Lesser Redpoll in Monmouthshire (H. 



Bentham) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 116 



Lesser Redpoll breeduig in Hertfordshire (W. P. Westell) . . 116 



Crossbills in CO. Antrim (J. Cunningham) .. .. .. 116 



Tits in Nesting boxes attacked by Weasel and evicted bj^ 



Wrynecks (Mrs. A. Patteson) .. .. .. .. .. 116 



Bearded Titmouse in Berkshire (N. H. Joy) . . . . . . 117 



Spotted Flycatcher Building in Old Nests of other Birds 



(Capt. W. M. Congreve) 117 



Marsh -Warbler observed in Staffordshire (W. D vies) .. 118 



Late Nesting of Reed-Warbler (Dr. E. Hartert) . . . . 118 



The Reeling of the Grasshopper-Warbler (Miss M. D. Havi- 



land) 118 



Blackbirds Breeding three and four times in the same Nest 



(H. W. Robinson and W. P. Westell) 119 



Sand -Martins Roosting in Trees (T. Smith) 120 



Little Owl Breeding in Wiltshire (Rev. D. P. Harrison) . . 120 



Little Owl in Staffordshire (W. Davies) 120 



Common Scoters in Cheshire in Summer (J. Moore) . . . . 120 



Cormorants Nesting in Norfolk (H. M. Upcher) . . . . 120 



Early Movements of Waders on the Lancashire Coast (H W. 



Robinson) 121 



Quail in Berkshire (Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain) . . . . . . 121 



Short Notes : — Birds in Norfolk in 1915. Crossbills Breeding in 

 CO. Tipperary. Tree-Pipit off co. Wexford. Black- 

 eared Wheatear in Ireland. Breeding of Hoopoe in 

 Buckinghamshire. Snowy-Owl in Buckinghamshire. 

 Courtship of Buffel -headed Duck. Increase of 

 Fulmar Petrel in co. Kerry . . . . . . . . 121 



Letters : — Breeding-habits of Sparrow-Hawk (Mrs. H. M. Rait 

 Kerr). Direction of Marking on Terns' Eggs (W, H. 

 Workman) 123 



