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



assisted by 

 Rev. F. C. R. Jottrdain, m.a., m.b.o.u., and Norman F. 

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



Contents of Number 7, Vol. IX. December 1, 1915. 



W. R. Ogilvie 



Notes on the Grey Plover on the Yenesei. By Maud D. Haviland 



The Moults of the British Passeres, with Notes on the Seqvience 

 of their Plumages. Part II. By H. F. Witherby . 



British Ornithologists in the Roll of Honour 



Notes : — 



Unusual Nesting-sites (W. J. Andrews) 

 Fecundity of the House-Sparrow (Miller Christy) 

 Lapland Buntings in Suffolk (J. Iv. Stanford). . 

 Grey Wagtail breeding in Oxfordshire (J. K. Stanfoixl 

 Scottish Crested Titmouse in east Ross-shire (W. R. Ogilvie 



Grant) 

 Yellow-browed Warbler seen in Kent (H. G. Alexander) 

 YeUow-browed Warbler in Suffolk (J. K. Stanford) 

 Notes on a pair of Black Redstarts in Dorsetshire (W. 



Ashford) 

 Black Redstart in Hertfordshire (C. Oldham) 

 Cuckoo's Method of Oviposition (F. Taylor) 

 The Greater Spotted Eagle in Herefordshire 



Grant) 

 Rough-legged Buzzard in Bedfordshire (Tl 



Bedford) 



Osprey in Cheshire (J. Moore) . . 



Turtle-Dove using Nest of Previous Year (H. H. Farwig 



Nest of Grey Phalarope (Maud D. Haviland) . . 



Black-tailed Godwits in Scotland in Summer (Abel Chapman) 



Unusually Large Chitch of Moor-Hen's Eggs (H. H. Farwig) 



Short Notes : — Tree-Pipit, Pied Flycatcher, and Lesser White- 

 throat in Ireland. Fieldfare in Scotland in June. 

 Alpine Swift in Wigtownshire. Blue Egg of 

 Cuckoo. Increase of Little Owl in Nottinghamshire. 

 Land-Rail Breeding on St. Kilda 



Letters : — Notes on the Moults and Sequence of Plumages in 

 some British Ducks (Miss A. C. Jackson). The 

 Sandwich Tern in Ireland — A Correction (C. B. 

 Moffat). Sky-Lark's Method of Gathering Food 

 for Young (Miss E. L. Turner) 



Review : — Thirty-five Years in the New Forest . . 



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