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p. 58, line 12 from below. For Perdix cinerea read Perdixperdix (also on p. 63). 



p. 102. Harriers. Line 2 from above, for ' wiles ' read ' writer.' 



p. 130. Osprey. Instinctive diving for food by young. Two taken from nest, and reared by hand, 

 started to fish as soon as able to fiy, and by methods similar to those of the old, but the execution was 

 at first clumsy (American Zoological Society Bulletin, No. 11, 1903, p. 120, Baynes). Similar fact recorded 

 of a young osprey brought as a nestling in the New York Zoological Park (Scribner's Magazine, xli., 1907, 

 p. 704, C. W. Beebe). Both quoted in Clinton Abbot's Home Life of the Osprey, 53. 



p. 140. Kestrel. Length 12J inches [320 mm.] 



p. 146. Peregrine-falcon. Line 9 from above, for 'Cheshire' read 'the Scillies.' 



p. 173. Whooper. From observations made on a captive bird at Amsterdam, incubation was per- 

 formed by the female alone and lasted 31 days, but three days elapsed between the laying of the last egg 

 and the beginning of incubation (Dr. Kerbert). 



p. 182. For notes on the 'song' of Bewick-swan see an interesting letter by H. W. Robinson in 

 British Birds, vi., p. 280. 



p. 264. The Diving Ducks. The first volume of Mr. J. G. Millais' splendid work on the diving 

 ducks has now appeared and contains figures and descriptions of the courting habits and actions of several 

 species of these birds. 



p. 275. Qoldeneye. For further descriptions of courting habits see Millais' Diving-ducks, p. 92 

 and plate. 



p. 278. Longtailed-duck. See torn, cit., p. 124 and plate. 



p. 316. Spoonbill. Footnote : for 'there 'read 'in S. Spain.' 



p. 330. Bittern. Breeding also took place in Norfolk in 1912 (Zool, 1913, p. 175). 



p. 352. Cormorant. Description, line 4, after blue-black metallic gloss add, ' the white band across 

 the throat ' ; 3rd line from bottom of par. delete ' frequently.' 



p. 388. Fulmar. Breeding has recently been recorded from the Great Skellig, Co. Kerry, Ireland, in 

 1913 (E. M. Barrington, British Birds, vii., p. 56), as well as from Tory Island, Co. Donegal (R. J. Ussher 

 Irish Nat., 1913, p. 164). 



p. 364. Oannet. Description, 11. 13-14, read 'is said to be immature.' 



Duck-down, Plate U (Section XL). H. Gronvold. 



Section XI. Headlines on pages 340, 342, 344, 346, 348, and 350 should read 'Bitterns.' 



RARE BIRDS SECTION. 



p. 481. Alpine Ring-ouzel. Another has recently been recorded from Sussex by Mr. J. B. Nichols 

 (March 29, 1913). 



p. 484. Asiatic Desert Wheatear. A second specimen has been obtained in Kent, May 21, 1913. 



