BRITSHBIRDS 
With which is Incorporated 
“THE ZOOLOGIST.” 
EDITED BY H. F. WITHERBY, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 
ASSISTED BY 
Rev. I’. C. K. JoURDAIN, M.A., M.B.O.U., AND NoRMAN Bo) | 
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TICEHURST, M.A., F.R.C.S., M.B.O.U. & 
ConTENTS OF NuMBER 5, Vou. XI. Ocroser 1, 1917. 
we PNGL. 
Observations on Birds singing in their Winter Quarters, and 
on Migration. By C. J. Alexander, B.Sc. (Agric.) .. oe 98 
Evidence for the Breeding of the Green Sandpiper in West- 
morland. By H.W. Robinson, M.B.O.U. .. a s 103 
The Moults and Sequence of Plumages of the British Waders. 
By Miss Annie. C, Jackson, Hon. Mem. B.O.U. Part III... 105 
Notes :— 
Raven with only one eye (H. F. Witherby) .. Bic ye LEY 
Crossbill breeding in Kent (E.G. B. Meade-Waldo) .. ae ai 
Crossbills in co. Antrim (J. Cunningham) Bie & oe Nile 
Breeding-habits of Willow-Warbler and Nesting-sites at 
considerable heights from Ground (Miss Marjory Garnett. 
J.S. T. Walton) Fs as ae a: =} ae 118 
Male Redshank incubating (J. Cunningham) a > 118 
‘Spotted Redshank in Norfolk (Hugh Wormald) ie re 118 
Black-tailed Godwits in Norfolk (H. N. Pashley) .. Sc WLS 
Little Gull in Lancashire (H. W. Robinson) .. a “a 119 
Short Notes:—Abnormal Golden Hagle‘s Eggs. Clutch of 
Dwart Eggs of Black-headed Gull re ee ne 119 
Letter :—Some Notes on the Breeding-habits of the Merlin 
(E. Richmond Paton) .. ac he ae ‘Jc 120 
