BRITISnDIKDS 



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. 

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



Contents of Number 2, Vol. IX. July 1, 1915. 



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Notes on the Moults and Sequence of Plumages in some British 



Ducks. By Annie C. Jackson, Hon. Mem. B.O.U. . . . . 34 



Recovery of Marked Birds . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 



Notes : — 



Pied Wagtails Nesting on the Ground (N. H. Foster) . . . . 48 



Early Nesting of Reed-Warbler (Dr. E. Hartert) . . . . 48 



Mistle-Thrush, Song-Thrush and Blackbird Singing on the Wing 



(Miss M. L. Kleinwort) 48 



Cuckoo's Method of Depositing Eggs (H. M. Upcher) . . 49 



Long-eared Owl Nesting in Essex (.J. H. Ov\en) . . . . 49 



Arrangement of Eggs in Clutches of Five of Snipe and Lapwing 



(G. T. Atchison) 50 



Short Notes : — -Birds of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. Courtship- 

 habits of tlie Great Crested Grebe . . . . . . 51 



Letters : — British Bird-Names (Tom Iredale, E. Hartert) . . 53 



Obituary :— The late Cecil M. Dyer. . ...... . . . . 56 



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