BRIHSHDIRDS 



With WHICH was Incorporated in January, 1917, ''The Zoologist.' 

 EDITED BY H. F. WITHEliBV, M.B.E.,F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 



• assisted by 



Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain, m.a., m.b.o.u., and Norman F. 

 ticehurst, o.b.e., m.a., f.r.c.s., m.b.o.u. 



Contents of Number 6, Vol. XIV. November i, 1920. 



The Black Tern. By E. L. Turner, h. m.b.o.u. . . 



Some Early Records of the Crane in Kent. By N. F. 

 Ticehurst, M.A., F.R.c.s. .. 



Recovery of Marked Birds . . 



Notes : — 



Late Nesting of the Cirl Bunting in Somerset (J. H. Symes) 

 Wood-Larks in Montgomeryshire (Major W. M. Congreve) .. 

 Late Nesting of the Spotted Flycatcher (Howard Bentham) 

 Sedge-Warbler Breeding at Unusual Height (C. J. Pring) 

 Unusual Site for Sedge-Warbler's Nest (Rev. P. G. Kennedy) 

 Lesser Whitethroats in Devon (W. Walmesley White) 

 Young Cuckoo Fed by Song-Thrush (J. M. McTear) .. 

 Cuckoo's Eggs and Nestlings, 1920 (J. H. Owen) 

 Little Owl in Carnarvonshire (R. W. Jones) 

 Kestrels Attacking Bats (Major W. R. Thompson ; Rev 



F. C. R. Jourdain) 

 Kestrel Capturing Swift (Mi.ss E. L. Turner) . . 

 Buzzards in Hertfordshire (H. Kirke Swann) .. 

 Notes on a Flock of Glossy Ibises in Cornwall (A. W. Boyd) 

 Glossy Ibis in South Devon (W. Walmesley While; T. I^ 



Backhouse) 

 Glossy Ibis in Herefordshire (H. E. Forrest) . . 

 Buckinghamshire Heronries (Capt. H. L. Cochrane, R.N. 

 Bittern in Surrey (Dr. A. Hope Walker) 

 Shovelers in Surrey (Howard Bentham) 

 Manx Shearwater in Staffordshire (J. R. B. Masefield) 

 Common Sandpipers in Dorset (Rev. F. L. Blathwayt) 

 Wood-Sandpipers Inland in Lincolnshire (G. Bolam) 

 Black-tailed Godwit in S. Devon (W. Walmesley White) 

 Black Tern in Lancashire (R. A. H. Coombes) 

 Some Recent Records of Irish Birds (R. F. Ruttledge) 



Short Notes : — 



Combined Nest of Song-Thrush and Wren. Cuckoo's Egg in 

 Nest of Song-Thrush. Cinnamon Coloured Wren in Sussex 



Review : — 



A Geographical Bibliography of British OrnilJiologv from the 

 earliest times to 1918. (H.S.G.) 



Letter : — Breeding of the Wood-Lark in Somerset (Stanley Lewis) 



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