BRITISH DINDS | 
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Norman F. TICEHURST, M.A., F.R.C.S., M° 




ContTENTS oF NumBeEr 8, Vou. XI, January 1, 1918. 
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Notes and Observations on the Moor-Hen. By Miss Frances 
Pitt. ae ee 4a x aye Sia a ne 170: 
The Moults and Sequence of Plumages of the British Waders. 
By Miss Annie C. Jackson, Hon. Mem. B.O.U. Part IV. .. 177 
The Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix cornix) in Warwickshire. 
By the late A. Geoffrey Leigh .. oe ae ce nig 183 
Recovery of Marked Birds te if ts Lt is 185 
Notes :— 
Food of the Blue Tit (Dr. Frederick D. Welch) ie ack 188 
Hoopoe in co. Donegal (W. H. Workman) .. Fs LSS: 
Snowy Owl in co. Antrim (W. H. Workman) #2 ie 189 
Black-throated, Red-throated and Great Northern Diver 
on Lake Windermere, Westmorland (Surgeon-Prob. D. G. 
Garnett, R.N.V.R.)  .. Mi 189 
: Breeding of the Common a. in Getandstine (Rev. 
: (CUTS 0G rc iy 1) 
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_ Green Sandpiper in King’s Co. (Mrs. H. M. Rait Kerr) Sh LEC) 
Little Auks in Kent, Sussex, Bucks, and Hants (Rev. F. C. R. 
Jourdain) me xe ce is Bx Me ae 190 
Short Notes :—Arctie Skua in Northamptonshire. Clutches of 
Dwarf Eggs of Black-headed Gull. Remarkable Nesting 
of Tree Creeper. Spoonbill in Outer Hebrides. Shedding 
of Stomach-lining by Birds se ae Alc oh see LEO 
Letters :—Birds of Dorset (Rev. F. L. Blathwayt). John Hunt 
(1777-1842) (J. H. Gurney) .. on a ES moe Pee Itt 3 
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