BRIHSnDIPDS 



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. 



tlcehurst, m.a., f.r.c.s., m.b.o.u. 



Contents of Number 5, Vol. VII. October 1, 1913. 



The Sequence of Plumages of the Rook, with Special 



Reference to the Moult of the " Face." By H. F. Witherby 12f> 



Motes : — 



Parent-Birds removing Matter from the Gapes of 



Nestlings (J. H. Owen) 140 



Breeding-habits of the Marsh- and Willow-Tits (Rev. 



F. C. R. Jourdain) 141 



Pied Flycatcher on Migration in Sussex (J. G. Millais) . . 144 



Colour of the Bill in the Eider (J. G. Millais) . . . . 144 



Common Scoters off Carnarvonshire in Summer (R. W. 



Jones) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 



Breeding-habits of the Steganopodes (R. J. Ussher and 



H. W. Robinson) 145 



Late Nesting of the Dabchick (J. Beddall Smith) . . . . 146 



Incubation Period of the Common Sandpiper (J. D. 



Patterson) 146 



Common Terns breeding in Essex (W. B. Nichols) . . 147 



Sandwich Terns in Carnarvonshire (R. W. Jones) . . . . 147 



Short Notes : — Squacco Heron in the Outer Hebrides. Scaup 



breeding in the Outer Hebrides . . . . . . . . 147 



Letter : — On Incubation (O. G. Pike) 148 



