BRnBnDIPJ)5 



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 11, Vol. V. April 1, 1912. 



The Dipper at the Nest. By Arthur Brook 



Some Results obtained by "Ringing" Starlings. By N. H 



Joy ^ 



Manx Ornithological Notes, 1909-12. By F. S. Graves and 



P. G. Ralfe 



Notes : — 



Abnormally Early Wheatears in Carnarvonshire (Richard W 

 Jones) 



Stonechat Inland in Renfrewshire (T. Thornton Mackeith) 305 



Black Redstart in Carnarvonshire (Richard W. Jones) 

 Early Arrival of the Chiff chaff in Shropshire (H. E. Forrest) 

 Crossbills in Warwickshire and Staffordshire (A. Geoffrey 



Leigh and F. A. Monckton) 306 



The Facial Feathers of the Rook (Walter Stewart) . . . . 306 



Cormorant in Shropshire (H. E. Forrest) . . . . . . 307 



Shag in Worcestershire (Bernard Starley) . . . . . . 307 



Supposed former Abimdance of the Glossy Ibis (J. H. 



Gurney) 307 



Turnstone in Oxfordshire (F. A. Monckton) . . . . . . 308 



Little Stints in Worcestershire (Norman G. Hadden) . . . . 308 



Black-tailed Godwit in Yorkshire (Stanley Duncan) . . . . 308 



Black-headed Gulls in Worcestershire (Norman G. Hadden) . . 309 

 Common Gull in Warwickshire (Bernard Starley) . . . . 309 



The 1912 "Wreck " of the Little Auk 309 



Great Northern Diver in Staffordshire (F. A. Monckton) .. 311 

 Fork-tailed Petrels in Worcestershire (Norman G. Hadden) . . 311 

 Recovery of Marked Birds .. .. .. .. •• 312 



Remarkable Journeys taken by Black-headed Gulls. — H.F.W. 317 

 Short Notes :— Rare Birds at the Isle of May in 1911. Conti- 

 nental Song-Tlirush and Goldcrest at the Isle of May. 

 Continental Redbreasts in East Ross. Lapland 

 Bunting at Fair Isle. Shore-Larks in Haddington- 

 shire. Barn-Owl Nesting on the Grormd. Common 

 Sandpiper and Land-raiLs in Winter in Ireland. Wood- 

 Sandpiper in Fife. Black-tailed Godwit in Cumber- 

 land. Whimbrels in Winter in Haddiiigton. Black 

 Tern in Haddington. Disposal of the fceces of Yoimg 

 by old Birds. Lapland Bunting at Fair Isle. Honey- 

 Buzzard in Wigtownshire . . . . • . • • 318 



Letter :— The Birds of Wiltshire 320 



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