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British Birds. IX, No. 5. October 1, 1915. 



On " Wait and See " Photography. By E. L. Turner.— Admirable 

 pictures of Sandpipers, Wagtail, etc. 



On Incubation. By Eric B. Dunlop. — Bii-ds which incubate from the 

 laying of the first egg do so to protect their conspicuous eggs, is the opinion 

 of the author. He also finds great mortality among the youngest (and 

 consequently smallest) members of such broods, due to their failure to 

 secure as much food from the parents as do the larger, stronger, members of 

 the family. 



Gannets Breeding on Bressay. By J. H. Gurney. 



British Birds. IX, No. 6. November 1, 1915. 



Richard M. Barrington. By C. B. Moffat.— With portrait. 



Further Notes on the Moults and Sequence of Plumages in some British 

 Ducks. By F. W. Smalley. — Agi-ees with Miss Jackson (do., pp. 34-42) 

 that re-coloring cannot occur without molt. He differs in some details 

 from her statements, and finds that many female ducks have a spring molt 

 and an eclipse plumage. 



Notes on the Great Northern Diver. By Eric B. Dunlop. — Good ac- 

 coimt of nesting in Canada; with photographs. 



The Moults of the British Passeres with Notes on the Sequence of their 

 Plumages. By H. F. Witherby. — • Corvidae, Sturnidse and Oriolida^. 



Avicultural Magazine. ^ VI, No. 12. October, 1915. 



The Ruddy Headed Goose. Cloephaga rubidiceps. By H. D. Astley. 



A Wonderful Collection of Birds from Ecuador. By H. D. Astley. — 

 Some 60 species brought alive to England. Another note records the 

 arrival in Paris of 30 live Hummingbirds from Venezuela. 



Avicultural Magazine. VII, No. 1. November, 1915. 



The Red-crowned Pigeon. Alectroenas pulcherrvma. By E. G. B. 

 Meade- Waldo. — With incidents of a visit to the Seychelles. 



A note in this number records a Scarlet Tanager kept in captivity for 

 over 18 years. 



The Emu.2 XV, Part 2. October, 1915. 



A New Honey-eater: Macgillivrayornis claudi. By W. Macgillivray. — - 

 Colored figiire of this recently described bird. 



Notes on the Yellow-bellied Shrike-Tit, Falcunculus frontatus. By 

 A. H. Crisholm. 



Comparative Osteology of Harris's Flightless Cormorant ( Nannop- 

 terum harrisi). By R. W. Shufeldt. 



Nesting of the Black Cormorant {Phalacrocorax carbo) in Tasmania. 

 By Miss J. A. Fletcher. 



1 Edited by Hubert D. Astley for the Avicultural Society. Published by 

 Wesf, Newman & Co., 54 Hatton Garden, London E. C. (Monthly) 15s. per 

 year. 



2 Edited for the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union by J. A. Leach and 

 C. Barrett. Published by Walker May & Co., 25 Mackillop St., Milbourne. 

 (Quarterly). 



