BRITOIDTOS 



With WHICH was Incorporated in January, 191 7, "The Zoologist." 

 EDITED BY H. F. WITHERBV, 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 8, Vol. XV. January 2, 1922. 



Nesting of the Whooper Swan in Scotland. By Audrey Gordon, 

 M.B.O.U 



Letters : — 



The Bvitish Birds Marking Scheme (R. O. Blyth) 



The Greater Spotted Woodpecker in Enghsh Poetry (H. J 

 Massingham) 



Former Breeding of the Osprey in Ireland (Rev. F. L 

 Blathwayt) 



170 



On the Breeding-habits of the Turnstone as observed in Spits- 

 bergen. By A. H. Paget Wilkes, B.A., M.B.O.U 172 



Another Cuckoo Record. By George J. Scholey .. .. 180 



Notes : — 



Unusual Lining in Jay's Nest (F. H. Day) . . . . . . 187 



Blue-headed Wagtail in Devonshire (Cadets J. P. W. Furse 



and H. T. Bonham) 187 



Nuthatch Nesting in Anglesey (H. E. Forrest) .. .. 187 



Waxwings in Cumberland and Montgomeryshire (L. E. Hope 



and H. E. Forrest) .. .. .. .. .. .. 187 



Abnormal Clutch of Kestrel's Eggs (O. R. Owen) .. .. 188 



Kestrels' Unusual Nesting-site and Large Clutch (W.Stewart) 188 



Bewick's Swans in Cumberland and Shropshire (L. E. Hope 



and H. E. Forrest) 189 



Late Nesting of Little Grebe (E. G. Hope Johnstone) .. 189 



Spotted Redshank in Essex (Lt.-Com. C. E. Hamond, R.N.) 190 



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