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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 8, Vol. II. January 1, 1909. 



A Tame Snipe and its Habits, by Hugh Wormald. . . . Page 249 

 Some Early British Ornithologists and their Works, by 

 W. H. Mullens, m.a., ll.m., m.b.o.u. VI. — Thomas 

 Pennant (1726— 1798) 259 



On the More Important Additions to our KJnowledge of 

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

 Ticehurst. Part XVI. — {continued from page 229) . . 267 



The Greenland Wheatear {Saxicola oenanfhe leucorrhoa), by 



C. B. Ticehurst, m.a., m.r.c.s., m.b.o.u. . . . . . . 271 



Notes : — The Jubilee of the British Ornithologists' Union 

 (Eds.). The British Ornithologists' Union and Rare 

 Breeding Birds (Eds.). Irish Birds (H.F.W.). Rare 

 Birds in Ireland (W. J. Williams). Albinistic Variety 

 of the Redwing (Evelyn V. Baxter and Leonora Jeffrey 

 Rintoul). The Northern Marsh-Titmouse in England 

 (W. R. Ogilvie-Grant). The First British Example of 

 the Red-throated Pipit (M. J. Nicoll and N. F. Tice- 

 hurst). Richard's Pipit in Norfolk (H. F. Witherby). 

 Some Sussex Ravens (Lt.-Col.H. W. Feilden). Little Owl 

 inNorth-West Oxfordshire (W. Warde Fowler). Scaup- 

 Ducks in Nottinghamshire in the Spring and Summer 

 of 1908 (J. Whitaker), Amputation of Lapwing's 

 Toes by Means of Wool (Henry B. Elton). Black-necked 

 Grebes in North Lancashire (H. W. Robinson). Leach's 

 Fork tailed Petrels in Cumberland and Lancashire 

 (H. W. Robinson). Bulwer's Petrel in Sussex (H.F.W.). 

 Short Notes.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 274 



Review : — Bird-Hunting through Wild Europe . . . . 284 



A TAME SNIPE AND ITS HABITS. 



BY 



HUGH WORMALD. 



Having been asked to write a few notes on my tame 

 Snipe for British Birds, I cannot do better than relate 

 his history from the beginning. He was hatched in my 

 incubator on May 11th, 1908, incubation having lasted 



