DRIHSMDiriDS 



EDITED liV 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 5, Vol. IX. October 1. 1915. 



On " Wait and See " Photography. Part I. By E. L. Turner, 



H.M.B.O.U 102 



On Incubation. By Eric B. Dunlop . . . . . . . . 109 



Gannets Breeding on Bressay. By J. H. Gurney, F.Z.S. . . 117 



Xotes : — 



Habits of Brooding-Birds and NestUngs at Night (Miss 



Maud D. Haviland) 119 



Tree-Sparrow Nesting in co. Antrim (N. H. Foster) . . 119 



High MortaUty in Young Yellow Buntings (A. Mayall) . . 120 



Unusual Nesting-site of Cirl Bunting in Dorsetshire (W. J. 



Ashford) 120 



Western Large-billed Reed-Bunting in Sussex (H. W. 



Ford-Lindsay) . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 



Large Increase of Nesting Pied Flycatchers in Westmorland 



(H. W. Robinson) . . . . ' 121 



Early Nesting of Reed- Warbler in Cheshire (A. W. Boyd) 121 



Western Black-eared Wheatear in Sussex (H. W. Ford- 

 Lindsay) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 



Eastern Black-eared Wheatears in Sussex (J. B. Nichols) 121 



Eastern Black-eared Wheatear seen in Yorkshire (W. S. 



Medlicott) 122 



Recovery of Marked House-Martin (H. W. Robinson) . . 123 



Some Habits of the Great Spotted Woodpecker (E. W. 



Hendy) 124 



Breeding-habits of the Long-eared Owl in Scotland 



(J. Cairns) 124 



Black-necked Grebe Breeding in Ireland (W. J. Williams) 125 



Increase of Turtle-Doves Breeding in Lancashire (J. Few) 126 



Young Common Sandpipers Swimming and Diving (E. W. 



Hendy) 126 



Great Skua in Carnarvonshire (R. ^^^ Jones) . . . . 127 



Death of Mr. R. M. Barrington 127 



Letters : — Birds and Shell-Fire (J. K. Stanford and Lt.-Col. 



E. F. Delaforce) 128 



