BRITHIDIPDS 



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. 



ticbhurst, m.a., f.r.g.s., m.b.o.u. 



CONTEN-TS OF NUMBER 1, VOL. VII. JUNE 2, 1913. 



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Eclipse-plumage of the Capercaillie : with a Note on the Caper- page 

 caillies in the Pennant Collection. By W. R. Ogilvie-Grant 2 



The Case of the Land-Rail : An Inquiry proposed. By N. F. 



Ticehiu'st . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 



The Nomenclature-Resolution at the Ninth International Con- 

 gress of Zoology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 



Recovery of Marked Birds . . . . . . . . . . 9 



Notes : — 



Increase and Decrease in Summer-residents (The Editors) . . 16 



Jay imitating the " Drumming " of Snipe (H. Eliot Howard) 16 

 Golden Oriole in co. Tyrone (Wm. C. Wright) . . . . 16 



Cirl Bunting in Essex "(W. B. Nichols) 16 



Northern Willow-Warbler in Wigtownshire (J. G. Gordon 



and H. F. Witherby) 17 



Lesser Whitethroat in Ireland (R. M. Barrington) . . . . 17 



Whinchat wintering in Yorkshire (M. Winzar Compton) . . 18 



Early Breeding and large Clutch of Eggs of Bam-Owl (A. B. 



Fletcher) 



Marsh-Harrier in Cheshire (A. W. Boyd) 



Greenland Falcon in co. Derry (Wm. C. Wright) 



Bewick's Swan in Shropshire (H. E. Forrest). . 



Geese killed by Lightning (M. Portal) 



Inequality of Sexes among Diving Ducks (H. W. Robinson) 20 



Barrow's Goldeneye and the Common Goldeneye (H. W. 



Ford-Lindsay) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 



The Dive of the Long-tailed Duck (H. W. Robinson) . . . . 22 



Eider in North Wales (T. A. Coward) 23 



Black-winged Pratincoles in Sussex (H. W. Ford-Lindsay) 23 

 Dotterel in Wigtownshire (J. G. Gordon and H. F. Witherby) 23 

 Young Sandpipers Swimming under Water (J. G. Gordon) 23 



Probable Scandinavian Lesser Black-backed Gulls in Norfolk 



(B. B. Riviere) 24 



Short Notes : — Remarkable variety of the Pheasant (H. F. 

 Witherby). Uncommon birds in the Moray area. 

 Carrion-Crow reported from Ireland. Tree-Sparrows 

 in CO. KUdare. "Cirl Bunting in Leicestershire. The 

 Irish Coal-Tit. Glossy Ibis in Skye. Squacco Heron 

 in CO. Mayo. Stone-Curlew in co. Cork. Ruff in 

 Islay. Green Sandpiper in Dumbartonshire. Quail 

 nesting in Shetland . . . . . . • . . . 25 



Letters : — " Drumming " of the Snipe (M. Winzar Compton 



and Sydney H. Smith) 28 



The Singing of Birds on Migration (F. W. Headley) . . 29 



Review : — A Dictionary of English and Folk-Names of British 



Birds .. .. 31 



