BRIHSHDI 



With WHICH was Incorporated in January, 191 7, "The ZooW^«je/' 



EDITED BV H.F.WITHERB\,M.B.E.,F.Z.S.,M.Rbn ^' 



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 i, Vol. XIII. June 2, 1919. 



Additions and Corrections to the Hand-List of British Birds. 

 By the Authors 



The Bittern in the Norfolk Broads. By Emma L. Turner, 

 F.L.S., H.M.B.o.u. (Plate i) 



The Ruff— An Early Record. By W. H. Mullens, m.a., ll.m... 



Obituary : — The Late Frank Norgate (A.H.P.) ; the Late Dr. 

 J. Wiglesworth 



Notes : — 



Birds Covering their Eggs at Night During the Laying Period 



(J. H. Owen) .. 



Crows, Rooks and Starlings versus Kestrels and Peregrine 



Falcons (E. Leonard Gill) 

 Continental Jays in Norfolk (Dr. B. B. Riviere) 

 Large Flocks of Hawfinches in Surrey and Kent (Howard 



Bentham) 

 Serins in Sussex (Dr. E. Hartert) 

 Wood-Lark in North Lincolnshire (W. S. Medlicott) 

 Grey Wagtail Nesting in Warwickshire (R. H. Baillie) 

 Pied Flycatcher in South Wales (H.J. Vaughan) 

 Unusual Site for Chiffchaff' s Nest (S. G. Cummings) 

 Breeding Habits of the Nightjar (S. G. Cummings) 

 Field-Notes on Nesting Kingfishers (E. W. Hendy) 

 On the Procuring of Food bv the Male for the Female among 



Birds of Prey (J. H. Owen) 



Little Owl Breeding in Shropshire and Radnorshire (H. 



Forrest) . . 

 Status of the Little Owl in Leicestershire (W. H. Barrow) 

 Long-eared Owl Laying Twice in Same Nest (L. S. Dear) 

 Peregrine Falcon Attacking a Boy (H. Kirke Swann) 

 Rough-Legged Buzzards in Norfolk (W. H. M. Andrews) 

 American Goshawk in Ireland (W. J. Williams) 

 Smews off Aberdeenshire (Miss Mary G. S. Best) . . 



Short Note — 



Exhibition of Eggs 



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Note. — We are much indebted to Mr. G. E. Lodge for the new 

 drawing of the Red Grouse which appears on our cover. 



