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EDITED BY H. F. WITHER BY, i\I.B.E.,F.Z.S., MBTTO" 



assisted bv 

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



TiCEHURST, O.IJ.K., .M.A., F.R.C.S., iM.B.O.U. 



Contexts of Xtmrkr 12, Vol. XIV., May 2, iqzi. 



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Bird Photography on a City Lake. By Geoffrey C. S. Ingram 266 



"Territory in Bird Life" (Review). By H. G. Alexander .. 271 



Notes on Some Birds Seen in South Uist in October and 



November 1920. By Col. R. Meinertzhagen .. .. 276 



Notes : — - 



Song- Period of the Cirl Bunting i\V. Walmesley White) .. 278 



Spring Movements of Pied Wagtails (Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain) 278 



Marsh-Harrier on the Welsh Border (H. E. Forrest) .. 279 



Stone-Curlew in Buckinghamshire (Bertram Lloyd) .. 279 



On the Occurrence of the Iceland Redshank in the British 



Isles (Annie C. Jackson) .. .. .. .. .. 280 



Status of the Arctic Tern in Lancashire (H. W. Robinson) 281 



Short Notes : — • 



Incursion of W^axwings. Early Arrival of Wheatears and 

 Common Sandpiper. Black Redstart in Lancashire. 

 Snow-Goose in Essex and Greater Snow-Goose in Scotland 281 



Letters : — 



The Relation of Song to the Nesting of Birds (Marie L. Parker) 28 ^ 



Observations on the Cuckoo (Herbert Massey and Rev. 



F. C. R. Jourdain) 283 



Lifting and Weight-carrying Power of Ciolden Eagles (G. 



Witherington) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 



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