BRmsriDiPDS 



EDITED BY 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 9, Vol. V. February 1, 1912. 



Breeding and "Eclipse" Plumages of the Common Partridge. 



By W. R. Ogilvie-Grant 234 



Three New British Birds. By J. B. Nichols and The Editors 238 

 Notes : — 



Uncommon Birds on the South-east Coast of Northumber- 

 land (J. M. Charlton) 242 



Recovery from Injury in Birds (M. Winzar Compton) . . 243 



Blackcap Wintering in Somerset (T. A. Coward) . . . . 243 



Pied Flycatcher in Anglesey (H. E. Forrest) . . . . 244 



Migration of Slender-billed Nutcrackers (Rev. F. C. R. 



Jourdain) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 



Spread of the Little Owl (Heatley Noble and H. E. Forrest) 245 



Montagu's Harrier in Berkshire (Heatley Noble) . . . . 245 



Barnacle-Geese on the South Coast of Ireland (R. J. Ussher) 246 



Barnacle-Goose in Anglesey (H. E. Forrest) . . . . . . 247 



Gadwall in Perthshire (Heatley Noble) 247 



Ferruginous Ducks in Sussex (H. W. Ford-Lindsay) . . 247 



Long- tailed Duck in Anglesey (H. E. Forrest) . . . . 247 



Flocking of the Red-breasted Merganser in Autumn (Major 



Herbert Trevelyan) . . . . . . . . . . • • 247 



Goosanders in Carnarvon (C. H. Wells) . . . . . . 248 



Sanderling and Goosander in Bedfordshire (The Duchess of 



Bedford) 248 



A Distinction between Yoimg and Old Red-legged Partridges 



(Heatley Noble) 248 



Green Sandpiper in Sutherlandshire (H. G. Alexander) . . 249 



Black- tailed Godwit in North Lancashire (H. W. Robinson) 249 

 Blue Eggs of Terns and Gulls (Eric B. Dunlop and Hugh S. 



Gladstone) 250 



Pomatorhine Skua in North Lancashire (H. W. Robinson) . . 252 



Little Auk in Shropshire (H. E. Forrest) 252 



Madeiran Fork-tailed Petrel in Hampshire (Philip W. Munn). . 252 



Little Dusky Shearwater in Sussex (H. W. Ford-Lindsay) . . 253 

 Shearwaters in the Bay of Biscay and the English Channel 



(H. G. Alexander) 253 



Short Notes : — Raie Birds in Ireland. Black-bellied Dipper in 

 Yorkshire. Richard's Pipit at Fair Isle. Woodchat 

 Shrike in Scotland. Swallow and Martin in Winter. 

 Birds Breeding in Winter. Serin Finch in Scotland. 

 Montagu's Ha rier in Roxburghshire. Baird's Sand- 

 piper at St. Kilda. Black Guillemot in Yorkshire . . 264 

 Reviews : — Addenda and Corrigenda to the Birds of Dumfriesshire 256 

 Bird- Marking in the Netherlands .. .. .. 257 



Letter: — Dunlin or Dunling ? (J. E. Harting) .. .. .. 258 



