BRITEflBIRDS 



With which is Incorporated 



"THE ZOOLOGIST." 



EDITED BV H. F. WITHERHV, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 



assisted by 

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

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



Contents of Xxjmber 11, Vol. X. April 2, 1917. 



254 

 263 



267 

 269 



Three Birds Xew to the British List : — Calandra Lark in 



Sussex (J. B. Nichols), Eastern Great Reed-Warbler in 



Sussex (J. B. Xichols), Semi-palmatetl Ringed Plover in 



Sussex (Thomas Parkin). Descriptions of above (H. F. 

 Witherby) . . 



Birds at Dungeness, 1916. By H. G. Alexander 



Mortalitv among Birds during the February Frost in West 

 Cornwall. By H. :\I. Wallis 



Xotes : — 



Late Stay of Yellow Wagtail in Cumberland (G. Bolam) 

 Blackbird's Xest and Eggs in Januarv in Hertfordshire 



(W. P. Westell) . .'^ . . .." 269 



Late Xesting of Swallows in Cheshire (O, Wilkinson) . . 269 



fnusual Birds n Shropshire (H. E. Forrest) . . . . . . 269 



LTnusual Birds in Berkshire (H. Noble. Rev. F. C R. 



Jourdain) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 270 



Unusual Birds in Oxfordshire in 1915 (H. G. Attlee). . . . 270 



Spread of the Little Owl in south Oxfordshire and north 



Berkshire (Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain) 271 



Little Owl Breeding in Essex (D. H. Meares) 271 



Little Owl in Cheshire (Dr. W. H. Dobie) 271 



Common Buzzards in Sussex, Hertfordshire, Berkshire and 

 Hampshire (C. W. Colthrup. J. Beddall Smith. Rev. F. C. 

 R. Jourdain) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 272 



White Stork in Oxfordshire (Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain) . . 273 



" Continental " Wood-Pigeons and Blackbirds (H. F. Witherby) 273 



Rare Type of Redshank's Eggs (D. H Meares) . . . . 274 



Spotted Redshank in Sussex in Winter (H. G. Attlee) . . 274 



Black-tailed Godwits in Lancashire (H. W. Robinson) . . 275 



Moor-Hens eating Fruit (A. Trevor-Battye) . . . . . . 275 



Short Notes : — Albinistic Bean and Pink-footed Geese in 

 Cumberland (Miss S. Mounsey Heysham). Wryneck 

 in Kirkcudbrightshire. The late George Stout . . 270 



Letter :— Skuas and Bearded Tits in Norfolk (D. A. J. Buxton) 276 



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