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JOURNAL OF THE WILD BIRD IXVKSTK iATIOX SOCIETY. 



It is sad to think thai so many British bird 

 lovers ended their, often only commencing, 

 careers in this terrible tragedy, and a just tribute 

 is paid to these valient sons who gave their lives 

 for King and Country. W. \\\ 



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Baxter. E\Kr.vx\'., and RixroiT., L. J. — On the 

 Great Crested Grebe as a Scottish Breeding- 

 Species. Scot. Nat., 1919, pp. 67-77. 



Blaaiw, F. E. — On the Plumage-development of 

 Xettio}! torqiiatum , PocciJonetta crvihnr- 

 Jivxchii, and Auds iinduhild. Ibis, 1919 

 (s. xi), vol. i, pp. 454-456- 



Clarke W. Eagle. — A Note on the Identification 

 of Duck's Eggs. Scot. Nat., 1919, p. 24. 



Clarke W. Eagle. — On an Old-time Record of 

 the Breeding of the White Stork in Scotland. 

 Ibid., p. 25. Records the nesting on the 

 Chin'ch i)f .St. Giles, Edinburgh, in the year 

 1416. 



CoLLiNGE, \\'\i,TRK E. — Some Further Investiga- 

 tions on the Food of Wild Birds. Journ. 

 Bd. .-\gric., 1919, pp. 1444-1462, 9 figs. 



CoLLiXGE, Walter E. — Tihe Plague of Starlings. 

 National Rev., 1919, pp. 252-257. 



CoLLlXGE, Wai.i EK E. — Titmice : their relation 

 to the Fruit Grower and the Gardener. 

 Country Life, 1919, pp. .^,42, 343, 2 figs. 



CoLLiXGE, \\'\i.ti;r E. — Hawks and Owls in rela- 

 tion t(i .Agriculture. Contemporary Rev., 

 19 '9. PP- 576-580. 



Colllxce, \\'alter E. — The Necessity for .State 

 -Action for the Protection of Wild Birds. 

 -Avicultural Mag., 1919, pp. 123-129. 



CoLLixGE, Walter E. — The Food of the Bull- 

 finch. Country Life, 1919, pp. 502, 503. 



Collinge, AValter E. — The Destruction of Sea 

 Birds. Ibid., p. 636. 



Coi.LiXGE, AA'alter E. — AA'ild Birds and Distaste- 

 ful Insect Larvae. Nature, 1919, p. 404 and 



P- 48.V 

 DA^•ENl'ORr. H. S. — The Protection of AA'^ild 



Birds. The Times, 1919 (Aug. 29), p. 6. 

 EvAXs, Wiii.iNM. — AVoodcock and the safety of 



their young. Scot. Nat., 1919, pp. 51-54- 

 G.VR.STAXG, A\". — Tlie Tree Pipet's Wing Song. 



The Times, 1919 (Mav 8), p. 17. 



Gladstone, H. S. — An Ornithologist's l''i<ld 

 Note-Book. London : Bickers & Son, 1918. 



Grace, Geo. — Protective Coloration of Birds and 

 Eggs. Nature, 1919 (.Aug. 7), p. 446. 



GiKNKv, J. H.— -Ornithological Notes from .Nor- 

 folk. 1918. Brit. Birds, 1919, pp. 242-257. 



llwii.AM), ^L\l■D D., AXD PriT, Frances. — The 

 Selection of Helix iicnioralis by the Song- 

 'Ihrush {Tiirdits lutisiciis). .\nn. and Mag. 

 Xat. Hist., 1919 (s. ix), vol. 3, pp. 525-531. 



llrxi.EV, J. -S. — Note on the Drumming of Wood- 

 peckers. Brit. Birds, 19 19, pp. 40, 41. 



I.X(;ra.\l C. — Down Trades in Nestling Birds. 

 Ibid., pp. 78, 79, 3 figs. 



Ingram, C. — Notes on the Height at w hich Birds 

 migrate. Ibis, 1919 (s. xi), vol. i, pp. ■521- 



3-5- 



I\c;k\-\l C. — Birds that Sing by Night. Country 

 Life, 1919, p. 280, 3 figs. 



Lowe, W. I'.— Control of New .Species and Sub- 

 species. Ibis, 1919 (s. xi), vol. i, pp. 3^14- 

 366. A verv timelv warning. 



Meinertzhagan, R. — .A preliminar\- .Stud\ nf the- 

 Relation between Geographical Dislribulion 

 and Migration, with special reference tci the 

 Palaearctic Region. Ibis, iqiq {s. xi), vol i, 



PP- .v9-."i92- 

 Mexeciai'x, a. — L'.Ami dc^ Oiscaux. Paris : 



PP- i-.vv 

 Mi LIENS, \V. H.— The RufI' 



Brit. Birds, 1919, pp. 1. 

 Onsi.ow, H. — Wild Birds and Distasteful Insect 



Larvae. Nature, 191 9, p. 464. 

 Pn<E, O. G. -Birdland's Little People. PI. x + 



123, 24 pis. London: The Religious Tract 



.Societv, 1919. Price 4s. 6d. net. 

 Pike, O. fi. — The Black-necked Grebe. A nt-w 



nesting bird for England. Count r\ Lilc, 



1910, pp. 293-297, 9 figs. 

 RensHaw, fiRAHAM. — Thc Passing of the .Spotted 



luuu : A bird that ncA er existed. .Avicultural 



Mag., 1919, pp. 67-69, I pi. 

 .Si'iAi'R, i'lowAKD R. — Wild Birds and Distasteful 



Insect Larvae. Nature, 1919, pp. 445, 446. 

 'i't KNi;i;, E.MMA L. — The Bittern on the Norfolk 



Broads. Brit. Birds, iqiq, pp. 5-12, 1 pi. 



and 3 text-figs. 

 Van So.merex, V. G. L. — Colour change in the 



Plumage of Birds. .Avicultural Mag., kjkj, 



pp. 61, 62. 

 W'lr.ta ESWORTH, J. — The Heronries of .Somerset. 



Proc. Somerset .Arch, and X. H. .Soc, 1918,. 



\(il. Ixiv, pp. 68-85. 



.\n Earh Record. 

 -20, 2 figs. 



