BRIMIDIPDS 



With WHICH was Incorporated in January, 191 7, "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 i, Vol. XV. June i, 1921. 



Additions and Corrections to the Hand-List of British Birds 



(Fourth List). By the Authors .. .. .. .. .. 2 



Homing Abihty in the Nesthng Willow- War bier. By J. M. 



Dewar, m.d. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 



On Former Breeding-Places of the Oystercatcher and Black- 

 headed Gull in East Sussex. By N. F. Ticehurst, m.b., 



F.R.C.S.ENG. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 



Some Notes on the Rook. By Stanley Crook .. .. .. 10 



The late Henry Morris Upcher. By J. H. Gurney 16 



Notes : — 



The Nesthng of the Crested Tit (Clifford Borrer) . . . . 18 



Probable Lesser Grey Shrike in Northumberland (W. Raw) 18 



Blackbird Laying in Nest of Song-Thrush (A. Steven Corbet) 18 



Large Clutch of Eggs of Tawny Owl (Joseph H. Symes) . . 19 



Probable Red-footed Falcon in Northumberland (E. Leonard 



Gill) 19 



Records of Spoonbills in Hampshire (Sir Thomas H. C. 



Troubridge) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 



Goosander and Smew in Surrey (Clemence M. Acland) . . 20 



Ruff Feeding upon Grain (J. E. M. Mellor) 21 



Early Breeding of Woodcock (E. G. B. Meade-Waldo) . . 22 



Probable Ivory-Gull in Glamorgan (Geoffrey C. S. Ingram) 22 



Large Clutch of Moor-Hen's Eggs (Major Cecil Smeed) . . 22 



Letters : — 



The Relation of Song to the Nesting of Birds (J. P. Burkitt) 23 



Long-tailed Tits Method of Building (Major W. R. Thompson) 23 



Weight-carrying Power of a Golden Eagle (Arthur R. Gillman) 24 



