CONTENTS 



BIRD NOTES 



PAGE 



SWALLOWS' NESTING-SITES ..... i 



STRANDED ROCK-BIRDS ..... 6 



STRANDED GUILLEMOTS . . . . -9 



KITTIWAKE GULL . . . . . .11 



SWALLOW MIGRATIONS . . . . ,12 



HUNGRY CROWS ...... 14 



SWIFTS ....... 17 



WOODCOCK MISHAPS ..... 19 



INCOMING OF LARKS ..... 22 



FULL MEALS ...... 25 



THE SOLITARY SNIPE ..... 29 



HATCHING EXTRAORDINARY . . . .30 



THE GREY SHRIKE ...... 34 



WHEN BIRDS SLEEP 35 



NIGHT IN THE REEDS ..... 38 



TURTLE DOVES ...... 41 



NESTING OF SAND-MARTINS . . . .42 



IDENTIFICATION OF BIRDS . . . . 45 



THE GREY WAGTAIL . . . . .51 



A JANUARY IMMIGRATION . . . . .52 



A BIRD DISASTER ...... 53 



Do PARTRIDGES MIGRATE ? .... 54 



THE COMMON SCOTER 57 



FISHERMEN SPORTSMEN . . . . .58 



FORAGING ROOKS, CROWS, AND GULLS . . .62 



SOME SWAN NOTES ...... 67 



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