BRIHSMDIRDS 



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. 

 ticehubst, m.a., f.r.c.s., m.b.o.tj. 



Contents of Number 9, Vol. IX. February 1, 191f>. 



The British Birds Marking Scheme. Progress for 1915 and 



some Results. By H. F. Witnerby 

 Notes on the Lapland Bunting on the Yenesei River. By Miss 



Maud D. Ha^•iiand . . . . 



The Moults of the British Passeres, \vdth Notes on the Sequence 



of their Plumages. Part III, By H. F. Witherby . . 



Notes : — 



Fire-crested Wren in Norfolk (R. C. Sykes) 



Western Black-throated Wheatear in Sussex (H, \\'. Ford- 

 Lindsay). . 



Black Redstart in Merioneth (H. E, Forrest) . . 



Swallow in Hertfordshire in November (Miss E. L. Turner) 



Unusual Food of Great Spotted Woodpecker (E. Syers) 



Little Owl in Staffordshire (J. R. B. Masefield) 



Status of the Little Owl in Staffordshire (Rev. F. C. R. 



Jourdain) 

 Extermination of the Golden Eagle in Ireland (C. J. Carroll) 



Rough-legged and Common Buzzaids in Lincolnshire (Rev. 



F. L. Blathwayt) 



Common Buzzard in co. Wicklow (C. J. Carroll) 



Glossy Ibis in Wiltshire (G. B. Hony) 



Oil-clogged King-Eider in Kent (H. W„ Ford-Lmdsay) 



The Irish Example of the Madeiran Little Shearwater (A. R. 

 Nichols) . . 



Woodcock Perching (J. R, B. Masefield) 



Cream-coloured Whimbrel in Ireland (C. J. Carroll) 



Land-Rail on St. Kilda (R. H. Read) 



Short Notes : — Recoveries of Marked Birds, Height at which 

 Birds fly. Oil-clogged Birds in Lancashire. Fieldfare 

 in Scotland in June. The St. Kilda Wren 



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