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With which wa^, Incorporated in January, 191 7, "The Zoologist." 

 EDITED BY H. F. WITHEUBV, M.H.E.,F.Z.S., M.imjLL 



ASSISTED HV X^''^'''' '^'""^/^^^ 



Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain, m.a., m.d.o.u., and J\C3iman F. 



ticehurst, o.b.e., m.a., f.r.c.s., m.h.ojl^ hcq 1 q 1921 



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Contents of Number 7, Vol. XV., December i, 1921 



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A Critical Note on the Value of Bird-Marking. Bv A. Lands- 

 borough Thomson, O.B.E., M.A., D.Sc. .."".. .. 146 



On the British-taken Examples of the " Levantine" Shearwater. 



By H. F. Witherb}^ 151 



Notes : — 



Autumn Migration across the Irish Sea (Lt.-Col. H. A. F. 



Magrath) 154 



Wood-Lark Breeding in Radnorshire (O. R. Owen) .. .. 154 



Waxwings in Forfarshire, Northamptonshire and Devonshire 

 (T. Leslie Smith, the Hon. N. Charles Rothschild and 

 Cadets J. P. W. Furse and H. T. Bonham) .. .. .. 155 



Wood-Warbler Singing Whilst Brooding (Isaac Clark) .. 155 



Rapid Re-building by Bonelli's Warbler and Tits (Major 



W. M. Congreve and Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain) . . . . ' 156 



Rapid Re-nesting of the Common Whitetliroat (J. P. 



Burkitt) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 153 



Egg-laying Habits of the Cuckoo (O R. Owen) .. . 157 



(ilossy Ibis in Cumberland (L. E. Hope) .. .. .. 158 



\'elvet-Scoter in Cheshire (Capt. A. W. Boyd) .. .. 15-5 



Red-necked Phalaropc in Somerset (Stanley Lewis) .. .. 158 



Sabine's Gvdl in Cumberland (L. E. Hope) .. .. .. 158 



Short Notes : — 



Mr. Chance's Film of the Cuckoo. The Relation of Song to 

 the Nesting of Birds. Spread of Little Owl to Sussex 

 Coast. Inland occurrences of Waders .. .. .. 158 



Review : — 



Early Aunnh of Ornithology. Some Critical Notes by W. H. 



Mullens .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 161 



