BRITBnCINS 



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 6, Vol. II. November 2, 1008. 



Some Early British Ornithologists and their Works, by 

 W. H. Mullens, m.a., ll.m., m.b.o.u. IV. — Martin 

 Martin (06. 1719) Page 173 



Nesting Habits of the Marsh- Warbler, by Percy F. Bunyard, 



F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. .. .. .. .. .. .. 183 



On the Down-Plumage and Mouth-Coloration of Some 

 Nestling Birds, by C. B. Ticehurst, m.a., m.r.c.s., 

 L.R.C.P., M.B.O.U. . . .. .. .. .. .. 186 



On the Mouth- Coloration of Some Nestling Birds, by 



Annie C. Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 



Notes on the Common Cuckoo in India, by Major H. A. F. 



Magrath, m.b.o.u. . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 



Notes: — Wood-Pigeon "Diphtheria" (Editors). Barred 

 Warblers in Norfolk (E. C. Arnold and F. G. Penrose). 

 Yellow-Browed Warblers, Red-Breasted Flycatchers, 

 Bluethroats and other Birds in Norfolk (F.I.Richards). 

 Yellow-Browed Warblers in Yorkshire (Arthur R. Gale 

 and H. F. Witherby). A Sussex Rufous Warbler 

 (M. J. NicoU). White Wagtail interbreeding with Pied 

 Wagtail in Devonshire (Amy as W. Champernowne). 

 Lesser Redpoll Nesting in Essex (Leonard Gray). 

 Breeding of the Crossbill in County Dublin (R. 

 Hamilton Hunter). Cirl Bunting Singing in October 

 (Chas. Oldham). Late Nest of the Kingfisher (Graham 

 W. Murdoch). Scops-Owl off Aberdeenshire (E. R. 

 Paton). Honey-Buzzard in Shropshire (H. E. Forrest). 

 Grey Phalarope in Svimmer in Devonshire (Amy as W. 

 Champernowne). Nesting of the Common Snipe in Kent 

 (C, B. Ticehurst). Pectoral Sandpipiper and Bartram's 

 Sandpiper in Kent (M. J. Nicoll). Pectoral Sandpiper in 

 Norfolk (E. C. Arnold). The Levantine Shearwater in 

 British Waters (H. F. Witherby). Short Notes . . 199 



SOME EARLY BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS 

 AND THEIR WORKS. 



BY 



W. H. MULLENS, m.a., ll.m., m.b.o.u. 

 IV.— MARTIN MARTIN 



(Oh. 1719). 



The islands of the Outer Hebrides have from an early 

 period attracted the attention of the traveller and the 



