BRmSftDIPDS 



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

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



Contents of Number 2, Vol. II. July 1, 1908. 



Page 

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



M.B.O.U. (Plate II.), {continued from page 23 . . . . 37 



Some Early British Ornithologists and their Works, by 

 W. H. Mullens, m.a., ll.m., m.b.o.u. II. — Richard 

 Carew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 



On the More Important Additions to our Kjiowledge of 

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

 Ticehurst. V&vt^l. {continued from page 21) .. .. 51 



Notes : — The Nest and Nestlings of the Bearded Tit (W. P. 

 Pycraft). Nuthatches Breeding at Llandudno (H. E. 

 Forrest). Golden Oriole in Shropshire (H. E. Forrest). 

 Woodchat in Cheshire (J. M. St. John Yates). Hoopoe in 

 Shropshire (H. E. Forrest). Short-eared Owl Breeding 

 in Pembrokeshire (H. E. Forrest). Supposed Wild 

 Swans on Coll (Heatley Noble). Inland Nesting of the 

 Sheld-Duck (T. Southwell). Want of Down in Mallard's 

 Nests (M. Winzar Compton). Common Crane in Anglesey 

 (Alfred Newstead, Curator). Common Terns on the 

 Holyhead Skerries (Heatley Noble). Abnormal Eggs 

 of Black-Headed Gull (Herbert Trevelyan). Incubation 

 Periods in Sea-Birds (H. F. W.), etc 58 



Review: — The British Warblers — A History, with Problems 



of their Lives . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 



ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF DUCKS' EGGS. 



BY 



HEATLEY NOBLE, m.b.o.u. 



(Plate II.) 



{Continued from page 23.) 



Tufted Duck (F. cristata). — This species breeds in 

 June, and is very numerous in certain localities. On one 



Erratum. — In the first instalment of this article {ante p. 19, line 10 

 from the bottom) Wolferton was printed Wolverton. 



