BRITISrffilRDS 



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



ASSISTED BY 



Rev.F. C. E. Jourdain, m.a., m.b.o.u.,W. P. Pycraft, a.l.s., 

 m.b.o.u., and Norman F. Ticehurst, m.a., f.r.c.s., m.b.o.u. 



Contents of Number 1, Vol. III. June 1, 1909. 



Editorial, by the Editors Page I 



Marking Birds, by H. F. W 4 



Some Nesting Habits of the Wood-Lark as observed in 



North Devon, by F. Barber-Starkey. (Plate I.) 7 



An American's Views of Bird Migration, by J. A. Allen . . 12 

 The Lesser Redpoll in Sussex, by J. Walpole-Bond . . 20 

 Notes: — Marking Birds in Scotland (A. Landsborough 

 Thomson). The Redstart in Sussex (John Walpole- 

 Bond). Dartford Warbler in Sussex (W. H. Mullens). 

 Some Sussex Ravens (Col. H. W. Feilden). Cuckoo's 

 Egg in Blackbird's Nest (H. E. Forrest). Nesting of 

 the Snipe in Wiltshire (R. O. Mathews). Baird's 

 Sandpiper in Norfolk (H. F. W.). Ruffs in Norfolk 

 (Miss E. L. Turner). Black-tailed Godwits in North 

 Wales (F. Coburn). Black Guillemot in Cornwall 

 (Herbert C. Griffith). Early Nesting of the Great Crested 

 Grebe (Chas. Oldham). Slavonian Grebes in Summer 

 in Orkney (H. W. Robinson). Norfolk Birds (H. F. W.). 

 Short Notes . . . . 26 



EDITORIAL. 



It is with great satisfaction that I am able to announce 

 that, commencing with this number of the Magazine, 

 I shall have the assistance not only of Mr. W. P. Pycraft, 

 who has given me most able help in the past, but also 

 of two such excellent ornithologists as the Rev. F. C. R. 

 Jourdain and Mr. N. F. Ticehurst — both already well- 

 known to the readers of British Birds. 



H.F.W. 



In the volume which commences with this number, 

 we hope to devote special attention to the migration of 

 birds. The opening article, by Dr. J. A. Allen, will, we 

 feel sure, be greatly appreciated by our readers, since 



