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



Norman F. Ticehurst, o.b.e., m.a., f.r.c.s., m.b o.u. 



Contents of Number q, Vol. XV., February i, 1922. 



Observations on the Breeding-Habits of the Merhn. II. — 



Incubation. By W. Rowan, m.sc, m.b.o.u., f.z.s. 

 Notts on the Breeding of the Marsh-Warbler in Berkshire. By 



A. Steven Corbet, b.sc. 

 Notes : — 



Uncommon Birds in Glamorganshire (Geoffrey C S. Ingram 



and H. Morrey Salmon) 

 Unusual Lining in Jay's Nest (J. M. Goodall) .. 

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

 Richard's Pipit in Carnarvonshire (Richard W. Jones) 

 Waxwings in Great Britain (Clifford Borrer, Mrs. H. M. Rait 



Kerr and H. E. Forrest) 

 Lesser \MTiitethroat Breeding in Argyll (W. Stewart) 

 Continental Song-Thrush in Westmorland (A. Astley) 

 Postponed Laying of the Common Wren (T. Leslie Smith) 

 Cuckoo Eggs and Nesthngs 1921 (J. H. Owen) 

 Late Cuckoo in Wiltshire (Rev. D. P. Harrison) 

 Rough-legged Buzzard in Oxfordshire (Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain 

 Hen-Harriers in Oxfordshire and Sussex (Rev. F. C. R 



Jourdain and Prof. K. Orton) 

 American Bitterns in Ireland (W. J. Williams) 

 Bewick's Swan in Cheshire (E. W. Hendy) 

 Bean-Goose in Herefordshire (H. E. Forrest) .. 

 Scaiip-Ducks in Argyllshire in Summer (W. Stewart) . . 

 Eider Breeding in southern Argyllshire (W. Stewart) 

 Velvet-Scoter in Cheshire (W. Wilson) . . 

 Cormorants inland in Essex (William E. Glegg) 

 Green Sandpiper in Surrey in Winter (Miss Flora Russell) 

 Early Appearance of Glaucous Gull in Suffolk (Lt.-Com 



C. E. Hamond) . . 

 Albinistic Gulls and Ivory Gulls (Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain) 

 Short Notes : — 



Late Stay of Yellow Wagtail. Great Grey Shrike in Devon- 

 shire. Late Stay of Red-backed Shrike. Buff-coloured 

 Robin in Surrey. Black Redstart in Sussex. Common 

 Buzzard in Sussex. Golden-eye in Sussex. Breeding-Habits 

 of the Turnstone. — Corrections. Late Stay of Land-Rail in 

 Hampshire 

 Letters : — 



Weight-carrying Power of the Golden Eagle (Lt.-Col. H. 



Delme-Radcliffe) 



The British Birds Marking Scheme (Charles F. Archibald, 



A Mayail, James Bartholomew, J. F. Thomas, J. R. B. 



Masefield, J. N. Douglas Smith and Clemence M. Acland) . . 



Former Breeding of the Osprey in Ireland (H. Kirke Swann) . . 



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