BRITlSnDIRDS 



EDITEl) 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 No. 3, Vol. IX. August 2, 1915. 



Notes on a Long-eared Owl nesting on the Ground in Norfolk. 



By J. H. Gurney and Miss E. L. Turner . . . . . . 58 



Notes :■ — ■ 



Unusual Nesting Sites (J. H. Owen) . . . . . . . . 68 



Rare Birds in Kent and Sussex (T. Parkin ; H. W. Ford- 

 Lindsay) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (58 



LTnusual Migration of Sea-Birds (W. J. Clarke) . . . . 70 



Curious Nesting-Site for Tree-Sparrow (C. W. Somerville) 70 



Infertile Eggs in Nests of Whitethroat (W. C. Hetherington) 71 



Large Number of Young in broods of Swallows in 1915 



(H.W.Robinson) 71 



Tawny Owl nesting on the Ground (J. R. B. Masefield) . . 71 



Feeding-habit of the Black-headed Gull (Maud D. Haviland) 72 



Nest of Common Tern with ten eggs (H. Massey) . . . . 73 



Sandwich Tern nesting in Anglesey (C. Oldham) . . . . 73 



Land-Rails in Staffordshire (J. R. B. Masefield) . . . . 74 



Moor-Hens using two nests for one brood (Major H. Terry) 74 



Short Notes : — -Rare Birds in Fair Isle. Northern Bullfinch 

 in Caithness. Ruddy Sheld-Duek in Inverness. 

 Gadwall nesting in Caithness. Nesting-habits of 

 Slavonian Grebe. Black-tailed Godwits in Caithness 

 and Inverness. Whimbrel in Forth in Winter. 

 Honour to Mr. T. Nelson . . . . . . 75 



Review : — The Birds of Lincolnshire . . . . . . . . 77 



Letter : — Races of the Ringed Plover (C. B. Ticehurst) . . 79 



