BRinSHDIRDS 



With which is Incorporated 



*'THE ZOOLOGIST," 



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



assisted by 

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

 ticehurst, m.a., f.r.c.s., m.b.o.u. 



Contents of Number 8, Vol. X. January 1, 1917. 



PAGE 



,' The Zoologist " . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 



Notes on the Breeding-Habits of the Red-backed Shrike. By 



J. H. Owen .. .. .. .. ,. .. . ". 175 



Supposed Breeding of the Barnacle-Goose in Iceland. By 



Heatley Noble .. .. .. .. .. .. .'. 18I 



Notes : — 



Unusual Nesting-Site of Pied Wagtail (P. B. Smyth). . . . 185 



Nesting-Habits of Willow-Tits 185 



Late Nesting of Wren (W. J. Andrews) .. .. 186 



Late Brood of Martins (C. W. Colthrup) . . . . 186 



Late Stay of Cuckoo (Rev. D. P. Harrison) . . . . 186 



Seven Eggs in Nest of Tawny Owl (H. E. Forrest) . . . . 187 



Buzzards in Berkshire (Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain) . . . . 188 



Bittern in co. Tyrone (W. C. Wright) 188 



Shag Inland in Somersetshire (Dr. J. Wiglesworth) . . . . 188 



Dotterel in North Wales (S. G. Cummings) . . . . . . 189 



Black-tailed Godwit and other Waders in Carnarvonshire 



(S. G. Cummings) . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 



Little Auk in Wiltshire (G. B. Hony) . . . . . . 190 



Common Partridge perching on a Wall (T. Smith) . . . . 190 



Short Notes : — Red-breasted Flycatcher and Black Redstart in 

 Orkney. Pied WTieatear in Orkney. Nightjar in Lewis. 

 Hoopoe in Ayrshire. Spoonbills on the Borders of 

 Norfolk. Probable Breeding of Gadwall in Midlothian. 

 Common Scoter breeding in Ireland. Turtle-Doves in 

 cos. Dublin and Meath. Spotted Redshank in Fifeshiie. 

 Snipe carrying Yomig .. .. .. .. .. 190 



Obituary : — Captain Lord Lucas. Richard James Balston. 



Thomas Hudson Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 



Reviews : — .4 Bibliography of British Ornithology from the Earliest 



Times to the End of 1912. British Birds (Thorburn) . . 194 



