BRITBHDIKDS 



With WHICH was Incorporated in January, i 91 7 "The Zoologist. " 

 KDITED BY H. F. WITHERBV,M.B.E.,F.Z.S., M.B.O.U 



assisted ky 



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

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



Contents of Number 6, Vol. XV., November 



Observations on the Breeding-Habits of the Merhn. I. — General 



Environment. By W. Rowan, M.sc, m.b.o.u. f.z.s. .. 122 



A Short Description of the Sequence of Plumages in some 



Palaearctic Surface-feeding Ducks. By E. Lehn Schioler .. 130 



Notes : — 



Wood-Lark Breeding in Montgomeryshire (W. Miall Jones) 139 



Blackcap Singing while Brooding (E. P. Butterfield) 



Rapid Re-nesting of the Common Whitethroat (D. W 

 Musselwhite) 



The Breeding-Habits of the Wheatear (A. H. Machell Cox) . 



Little Owl Breeding in Cheshire (E. W. Hendy) 



Bean-Goose in Cheshire and N. Wales in Summer (J. M 

 McTear) 



139 



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 141 



141 



Late Nesting of Stock-Dove (Capt. W. M. Congreve and 



Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain) 142 



Short Notes : — 



Possible Red-breasted Flycatchers in Devon. Ruff in 



Gloucestershire .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 142 



Obituary : — 



W. Warde-Fowler. By Julian S. Huxley .. .. .. 143 



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