BRIHSriDIRDS 



With WHICH was Incorporated in January. i9I7,"The Zoologist." 

 EDITED BY H. F. WITHERBY, 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 9, Vol. XIV., February i, 1921. 



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The Avocet at Home. By E. L. Turner, Hon. m.b.o.u. .. 194 



The " British Birds " Marking Scheme, Progress for 1920. By 



H. F. Witherby 203 



Notes : — 



Blue-headed Wagtail in Somerset (Stanley Lewis) .. .. 208 



Swallows and Size of Broods in 1920 (H. W. Robinson) . . 208 



British Records of the Spotted Eagle (H. F. Witherby) . . 209 



Black-necked Grebe Breeding in Ireland (C. J. Carroll) .. 209 



Black Tern in Lancashire (R. A. H. Coombes) .. .. 211 



Sabine's Gull in Devon (T. P. Backhouse) .. .. .. 211 



Food of the W'ater-Rail (J. F. Peters) .. .. .. 211 



Short Notes : — 



Breeding of the Brambling in Scotland. The Economy of 



the Wren .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 211 



Review : — 



Field Observations on British Birds (F.C.R.J.) .. .. 213 



Letters : — 



Possible Migration of Yellow Buntings (M. Bedford) .. 214 



Ancient Record of a Hawk Carrying a Letter (C. Suffern) . . 214 



Unacceptable Record of Long-tailed Duck Breeding in 



Ireland (C. J. Carroll).. .. .. .. .. .. 215 



American Oystercatchers Feeding on Oysters (J. M. Dewar) 215 

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