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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 7, Vol. II. December 1, 1908. 



On the Nesting of the Scaup-Duck in Scotland, by P. H, 



Bahr, m.a., m.b., b.c, f.z.s., m.b.o.u. . . . . . . Page 209 



Some Early British Ornithologists and their Works, by 

 W. H. Mullens, m.a., ll.m., m.b.o.u. V. — Robert Plot 

 (1641—1696) 218 



On the Song of the Wood- Warbler, by H. W. Maple ton, 



B.A., M.B.O.U. . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 



On the More Important Additions to our Knowledge of 

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

 Ticehurst. Part XV. — {continued from page 150) . . 228 



Pallas's Grasshopper-Warbler {Locustella certhiola) in Ire- 

 land, by R. M. Barrington 230 



Notes : — Barred Warbler in Lincolnshire (G. H. Caton Haigh). 

 Goldcrests from East Coast Lighthouses (William 

 Evans). Yellow-Browed Warbler in Lincolnshire (G. H. 

 Caton Haigh). The East European Chiffchaff in the 

 Isle of Wight (J. L. Bonhote). The Northern Race of 

 the Willow-Wren in Great Britain (C. B. Ticehurst). 

 Nesting Habits of the Marsh-Warbler (Norman Gilroy). 

 Aquatic Warbler in Sussex (E. C. Arnold). Blue- 

 Headed Wagtail in Norfolk (F.I. Richards). Autumn 

 and Winter Singing of Buntings (H. G. Alexander, 

 Col- H. Meyrick, C. I. Evans). Little Bunting in Ireland 

 and Norfolk (R. M. Barrington and H. F. Witherby). 

 The Great Spotted Woodpecker as a Breeding Bird in 

 Scotland (H. F. Witherby). Courting Performance of 

 the Cuckoo (T. Thornton Mackeith). Little Owl in 

 Warwickshire (A. G. Leigh). A Remarkable Variety 

 of the Red-Legged Partridge in Essex (W. P. 

 Py craft). Grey Phalarope in Co. Wexford (R. C. 

 Banks). Buff-breasted Sandpiper in Lincolnshire 

 (G. H. Caton Haigh). Sabine's Gull in Lincolnshire 

 (G. H. Caton Haigh). Late Nests of the Great Crested 

 and Little Grebes (W. Mackay Wood). Sooty Shear- 

 waters in Sussex, Kent, and Yorkshire (W. Ruskin 

 Butterfield and H. F. Witherby). Short Notes . . 232 



Reviews : — Report on the Immigrations of Summer Resi- 



dentsin the Spring of 1907. A List of Irish Birds . . 247 



ON THE NESTING OF THE SCAUP-DUCK IN 

 SCOTLAND. 



By p. H. BAHR^ m.a., m.b., e.g., f.z.s., m.b.o.ij. 

 Perhaps there is no more interesting fact in the history 

 of the modern ornithology of these islands than the 



