BRIlE)nDl[\D5 



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



assisted by 

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



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



Contents of Number 8, Vol. IX. January 1, 1916. 



PAGE 



Henry Eeles Dresser. By Lord Rothschild . . . . . . 194 



Some Birds new to the British List . . . . . . . . 197 



Moustached Warbler (H. W. Ford-Lindsay) . . . . 197 



Ohv^aceoiis Warbler (Thomas Parkin) . . . . . . 198 



North African Blac^: Wheatear (Thomas Parkin) . . 200 



Cape Verde Little Shearwater (J. B. Nichols) . . . . 201 



North Atlantic Great Shearwater (J. B. Nichols) . . 203 



Grey-rumped Sandpiper (H. W. Ford-Lindsay) . . . . 205 



Notes : — 



White-winged Lark in Sussex (Miss M. L. Kleinwort) . . 209 

 Great Spotted Woodpecker breeding in Nesting-box (W. E. 



Glegg) 209 



Status of Little Owl in Wiltshire (G. Bathurst Hony) . . 210 



Dark-breasted Bam-Owl in Berkshire (H. M. Wallis) .. 210 



Rough-legged Buzzards in Norfolk (J. H. Gurney) . . 211 



Wliite-tailed Eagle in Yorkshire (P. M. Horsfall) . . . . 212 



Madeiran Little Shearwater in Kent (J. B. Nichols) . . 212 



Kildeer Plovers in Sussex (H. W. Ford-Lindsay) . . . . 212 



Asiatic Golden Plovers in Kent (H. W. Ford-Lindsay) . . 212 



Reeve in Staffordshire (J. R. B. Masefield) 212 



Greater Yellowshank in Sussex (H. W. Ford-Lindsay) . . 213 



Redshank's Nest with eight eggs (W. J. Andrews) . . 213 



Brooding-spots of the Black-headed Gull (F. B. Kirkman) 213 



Mediterranean Black-headed GuU in Sussex (T. Parkin) . . 214 



Short Notes : — The Birds of Renfrewshire. Overlooked 

 Record of Surf-Scoter in Yorkshire. Black-winged 



Stilt in Devon ^.. 214 



Letters : — ^The Plumage of the Crossbill (C. B. Ticehurst). 

 Supposed Eagle-OKvl in Ayrshire (E. R. Paton). 

 The Greater Spotted Eagle in Herefordshire (H. D. 



Astley) 216 



Review : — Hill Birds of Scotland . . . . . . . . 218 



