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With which is Incorporated 



"THE ZOOLOGIST." 



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, 



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



Contents of Number 9, Vol, X. Febeuaey 1, 1917. 



Frederick Courtney Selous (Abel Chapman) 



Thomas Hudson Nelson (Sir Alfred E. Pease, Bart.) 



On the European Forms of the Cormorant and Little Bustard 



By Ernst Hartert, Ph.D 



On Some Results of Ringing Song-Thrushes, Blackbirds 



Lapwings and Woodcock. By H. F. Witherby 

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



Notes : — 



Crossbills in Staffordshire and Cheshire (M. V. Wenner) 

 Unusual Nesting-sites of Pied Wagtail (B. B. Riviere and 



A. CoUett) 



Great Tit nesting in Sand-Martin's Hole (H, H. Farwig) 

 Long-tailed Tit's Nest built into a Song-Thrush's Nest 



(A. CoUett) 



Great Grey Shrike in Kent (H. H, Farwig) . . 

 Blackcap in Winter in Shropshire (A. May all) 

 Sand-Martins Nesting in Drain-Pipes (A. Collett) 

 Four Eggs in a Nightjar's Nest (Miss Ruth Spragge) 

 Late Stay of Cuckoo (G. F. Gee) 

 Snipe Calling in December (J. H. Owen) 

 Little Bustard in co. Clare (C. J. CarroU) 



Short Notes : — Late Stay of Nightjar in Northamptonshire 

 Spoonbill in Devon . . ». *« . . 



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