BRITOIDIRDS 



EDITED BY H. R WITHERBY, F.Z.S, M.B.O.U. 

 ASSISTED BY W. P. PYCRAFT, A.L.S, M.B.O.U. 



Contents of Number 1, Vol. II. June 1, 1908. 



Editorial . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . Page I 



Some Early British Ornithologists and their Works, by 

 W. H. Mullens, m.a., ll.m., m.b.o.u. I. — William 

 Turner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 



On the Occurrence of Schlegel's Petrel {(Estrelata neglecta) 

 in Cheshire : a new British and European Bird, by 

 Robert Newstead, a.l.s., and T. A. Coward, f.z.s. . . 14 



On the Identification of Ducks' Eggs, by Heatley Noble, 



M.B.O.U. (Plate I.) . . .. .. .. .. .. 18 



On the More Important Additions to our Knowledge of 

 British Birds since 1899, by H. F. Witherby and N. F. 

 Ticehurst. Part X. {continued from Vol. I., page 350). . 24 



Notes : — Aquatic Warbler in Cornwall (C. B. Ticehurst). 

 White Wagtail in Cornwall (C. B. Ticehurst). Blue- 

 Headed Wagtail in Nottinghamshire (J. Whitaker). 

 An Escaped Nutcracker (G. M. Beresford-Webb). The 

 Black Woodpecker in England (Thos. Southwell). 

 Short-Eared Owl Breeding in Nottinghamshire (J. 

 Whitaker). Eiders off South Devon in April (K. S. 

 Smith). Stock-Dove Nesting on Buildings (B. B. 

 Riviere). Spotted Crake in Sussex (C. B. Ticehurst). 

 Kentish Plover in Cheshire (T. A. Coward), Purple 

 Sandpiper in the Channel Islands (C. B. Ticehurst). 

 Redshank Breeding in Warwickshire (A. G. Leigh). 

 Black Tern in Cheshire (T. A. Coward). Birds in Norfolk 

 in 1907 (J. H. Gurney). A Plan for Marking Birds 

 (H. F. W.). Marked Birds (C. B. Ticehurst), etc. . . 28 



EDITORIAL. 



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 first year of life, and to that which has been promised 

 already for the future, British Birds enters upon its 

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