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BRITSHABIRDS 
With which is Incorporated 
“THE ZOOLOGIST.” 
EDITED BY REV. F. C. R. JOURDAIN, m.a., u.B.0.0. 
) ASSISTED BY 
Norman F. TICEHURST, M.A., F.R.C.S., M.B.O.U. 

CONTENTS OF NUMBER 12, Vol. XI. May 1, 1918. 

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The Effect of the Winter of 1916-1917 on our Resident Birds. 
Part I. By the Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain, M.A. and Lieut. 
H. F. Witherby, R.N.V.R. Ee i a ye oe 266 
The *- British Birds ”’ Marking Scheme. Progress for 1917. By 
Lieut. H. F. Witherby, R.N.V.R. “ine A a ~ 272 
Manx Ornithological Notes: 1916-17. By P.G. Ralfe 3 PAFAT 
Notes :-— 
Yellow-browed and Barred Warblers in Lincolnshire (G. H. 
Caton Haigh) .. Se elte a oe ns bd 280 
Field Notes on the Marsh-Warbler (W. Warde Fowler) a 280 
Absence or Scarcity of Fieldfares in Winter 1917-1918 
(Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain) i ee aah ine = 280 
Ring-Ouzel in co. Wicklow in Winter (W. J. Williams) .. 281 
Snowy Owls Reported in Staffordshire and Oxfordshire (Rev. 
F.C. BR. Jourdain) .. a ah Lid x¢ - 282 
Glossy Ibis in North Lancashire (H.W. Robinson) .. fe 282 
Bitterns in Somerset (Dr. J. Wiglesworth) .. a a 283 
Sheld-Duck and Shoveler in Warwickshire (Miss B. A. Carter) 283 
Large Numbers of Red-throated Divers in North Lancashire 
(H. W. Robinson) ie at or ia ei Ae 283 
Short Notes :—Swallows Nesting in Trees. Kite in Perthshire. 283 
Letter :—Iceland not Glaucous Gull in Norfolk (Sir T. Digby 
iy ar ne as 284 
Pigott, K.C.B.) 
