BRITlSnDIW)S 



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. 

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



Contents of Number 1, Vol. IX. June 1, 1915. 



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Additions and Corrections to the Hand-List oj British Birds. 

 By the Authors. 



Notes on tlie Breeding-Habits of the Grey Phalarope. By 

 Maud D. Haviland 



The late Lewis N. G. Ramsay (A. L. T. ) 



Recovery of Marked Birds 



Occurrences of Common and Black Redstarts at Light 



Stations in Ireland (R. M. Barrington) • • . . . . 23 



Notes : — 



Snow-Bunting in Pembrokeshire (Capt. W. M. Congreve) . . 26 



Status of Grey Wagtail in Berkshire (H. M. Wallis) . . 26 



Pied Wagtails nesting on the Ground (Clifford Borrer) . . 2(1 



Mistle-Thrush singing on the Wing (A. H. Macpherson) . . 26 



Mistle-Thrush and Blackbird singing on the Wing (E. \\. 



Hendy) 27 



Wrens laying in year-old nests (L. R. W. Loyd) . . . . 27 



Curious position of Dipper's nest (J. H. Owen) . . . . 27 



Snipe laying five eggs (J. H. Owen) . . . . . . . . 28 



Black Terns in Monmovithshire (R. C. Banks) . . . . 28 



Unrecorded Ivory-Gull from Orkney (H. W. Robinson) . . 28 



Little Auk in Cornwall (Miss M. M. Bruce) . . . . . . 29 



Short Notes : — Carrion-Crow in co. Wexford. Rose-coloured 

 Starling in Bedfordshire. Pied Flycatcher off 

 Wexford. Montagu's Harrier in co. Dublin. Common 

 Eider in Donegal. Fork-tailed Petrel in Worcester- 

 shire. Increase of Fulmar Petrel in co. Kerry . . 29 



Review : — British Birds. By A. Thorburn . . . . . . 31 



Letter :— Birds and Shell-fire (P. A. Chubb) 32 



