BRITSHBIRDS 
With which is Incorporated 
*“ THE ZOOLOGIST.”’ 
; EDITED BY REV. F. C. R. JOURDAIN, m.a., m.3.0.0u. 



ASSISTED BY 
Norman F. TICEHURST, M.A., F.R.C.S, M.B.O.U. 
CONTENTS OF NuMBER 9, Vou. XI. Frsruary 1, 1918. 
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On the Breeding-habits of the Hobby. By Capt. M. Ashley, 
R.A.M.C.. .. ee she a ve i nt = 194 
Notes on the Relation between Moult and Migration as observed 
in some Waders. By Miss Annie C. Jackson, Hon. Mem. 
BOW. Be tie a ea AF a Sc ah 197 
Mhe late C. J. Alexander (H. G. A.) .. 7 a4 ii 204 
Notes :— 
Albinistic Yellow Wagtail in Yorkshire (H. G. Alexander) .. 210 
Waxwings in Kent and Somerset (Sapper J. Vincent ; 
BAe SEU ON) ss : se Be ae ae a LO 
Double Nest of Spotted Flycatcher (Cadet C. Borrer) ay, 210 
Late Stay of Willow-Warbler in Yorkshire (E. P. Butterfield) 211 
Numbers in Swallow Broods in 1917 (H. W. Robinson) “i 211 
Common Buzzards in Essex (Colin Murray) . . oe ae 212 
Cormorants in Shropshire (H. E. Forrest) .. te oe 212 
Little Auks in Staffordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (J. R. B. 
Masefield; J. H. Gurney) .. nie 5s ae ey alls) 
A Note on the British Puffin (W. L. Sclater and Lieut. C. W. 
Mackworth Praed) 9 a ue a6 7 ot 214 
_ Letters :—On Supposed Occurrence of Buff-backed Heron in 
Somerset (Stanley Lewis). Doubtful Phylloscopt in 
Kent, Sussex and Flanders (H. G. Alexander) 215 
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