EDITED BY H. F. WITHERBV, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 



assisted by 



Rev. F. C. R. Jourdaest, m.a., m.b.o.f., and Norman F. 

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



Contents of Number 6, Volume IX. November 1, 1915. 



PAGE 



Richard Manliffe Barrington. By C. B. Moffat . . . . 130 



Further Notes on the MouUs and Sequence of Plumages in 



some British Ducks. By F. W. Smalley 137 



Notes on the Great Northern Diver. By Eric B. Dunlop . . 142 



Tlie IMoults of the British Passeres, with Notes on the Sequence 



of their Plumages. Part I. By H. F. Witherby . . . . 148 



Notes : — 



Sea-birds and Oil (H. F. W. ) 152 



Crossbills breeding in Suffolk (P. F. Bunyard) . . . . 153 



Lark's Method of Gathering Food for Young (W. J. Ashford) 154 



Nuthatch in Carnarvonshire (S. G. Cummings) . . . . 155 



Brown-backed Warbler in Sussex (H. W. Ford-Lindsay) . . 155 



Probable Eastern Black-eared Wheatear in Lancashire 



(F. C. R. Jourdain) 155 



Nightjar Double-brooded (Miss E. M. Imrie) . . . . . . 155 



Great Spotted Woodpecker feeding on the Ground (P. A. 



Chubb) 156 



Large Clutch of Little Grebe's Eggs (H. Bentham) . . . . 156 



Sociable Plovers in Sussex (J. B. Nichols) . . . . . . 156 



Little Stint inland in Cheshire (J. Moore) . . . . .■ . 157 



Little Stints and Curlew-Sandpipers inland in Lancashire 



(T. Baddeley) 157 



Redshank Nesting in Surrey (H. Bentham) .. .. .. 157 



Roseate Tern in Kent (H. W. Ford-Lindsay) 158 



Pomatorhine Skua in Carnarvonshire (S. G. Cummings) . . 158 

 Abundance of Land-Rails in East Sussex (H. W. Ford- 

 Lindsay) . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 158 



Review : — Report on Scottish Ornitholofjy in 1914, including 



Migration . . . . . . ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ • • • 159 



