BRIHSHDIRDS 



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. VII. February 2, 1914. 



Erytlirism in the Eggs of British Birds. By the Rev. F. C. R. 



Jourdain and Clifford Borrer . . . . . . . . . , 246- 



Notes : — 



Uncommon Birds in Staffordshire (F. A. Monckton) . . 261 



Slender-billed Nutcrackers in Kent and Sussex (N. F. 



Ticehurst) 261 



Pied Wagtail Rearing Two Broods in one Nest (M. L. 



Kleinwort) 262 



Continental Coal -Tits in Kent (N. F. Ticehurst) . . . . 262 



Great Grey Shrike in Sussex (H. W. Ford-Lindsay) . . 263 



Incursion of Waxwings . . . . . . . . . . 263 



Breeding-habits of Cuckoo (R. Ware) . . ■ . . . . 264 



Cuckoos' Eggs in Nests of House-Sparrow, Twite, and 



Wheatear (H. Massey) . . 264 



Tengmalm's Owl in Kent (H. W. Ford-Lindsay) . . . . 265 



Winter-nesting of the Barn-Owl (Miller Christy) . . . . 265 



Curious Mishap to Kestrel's Eggs (E. B. Dmilop) . . . . 267 



Wood-Pigeon Swallowing Potatoes (A. W. Marriage) . . 268 



Baer's Pochard in Nottinghamshire (J. W^hitaker) . . . . 268 

 Has the Common Sandpiper a Winter-moult ? (W. E. 



Teschemaker) 269- 



Puffin in Berkshire (Norman H. Joy) 270 



Little Bustard in Sussex (H. W. Ford-Lindsay) . . . . 270 



Fleas in Old Nests of Birds (J. R. B. Masefield) . . . . 270 



Short Notes : — Song of the Willow-Tit. Melodious Warbler 

 and Indian Stonechat on the Isle of May. Late 

 Stay of House-Martin in Staffordshire. Little Owl 

 Breeding in Hampshire. Glossy Ibis in Argyllshire 

 and Norfolk. Red-necked Phalarope Breeding in 

 Tiree. Reports of Quails .... .. .. 271 



Review : — British Diving Ducks . . . . . . . . 273 



Letters : — Erythrism in the Eggs of the Dartford Warbler 

 (Heatley Noble, P. F. Bunyard). Woodpeckers 

 eating fruit (J. R. B. Masefield, Philip Gosse). 

 Herring-Gulls diving (Gregory Haines) . . . . 275 



