BRIMIDIRDS 



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



ASSISTED BY 



Rev.F. C. R. Jourdain, m.a.j m.b.o.tj v W. P. Pyceaft, a.l.s., 

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



Contents of Number 5, Vol. III. October 1, 1909. 



Migration of Birds in the Mediterranean, by Commander 



H. Lynes, r.n., m.b.o.u. III. Migration at Sea ... .. Page 133 



On the Down-Plumage and Mouth-Coloration of Nestling 



Birds, by C. B. Ticehurst and A. Geoffrey Leigh .. 151 



Notes : — The Meaning of Birds' Songs (F. J. Stubbs, A. Rees). 

 Marsh-Warbler Breeding in Worcestershire (W. Davies, 

 F. Coburn). Marsh-Warbler in Kent (C. J. Alexander). 

 Nesting of Mateless Sedge-Warbler (C. B. Ticehurst). 

 Red-backed Shrike returning to Nest in the same place 

 (Duchess of Bedford). Departure of House-Martins 

 (J. S. T. Walton). Lesser Redpoll Nesting in Essex (R. H. 

 Fenton). Nesting Dates of the Lesser Redpoll (G. T. 

 Atchinson, D. W. Mussel-White). Late Nest of Crossbill 

 (R. Hamilton-Hunter). The Irruption of Crossbills(Eds.). 

 Alpine Swift in Norfolk (D. W. Mussel-White). Early 

 Breeding of Nightjar (R. Hamilton-Hunter). Two Young 

 Cuckoos fed by the same Meadow-Pipit (E. A. Wallis). 

 Short-eared Owl Breeding in Lancashire (H. W. Robin- 

 son). Montagu's Harriers and Honey-Buzzard in Ireland 

 (W. J. Williams). Additions to the Shropshire Avifauna 

 and Osprey in Shropshire (H. E. Forrest). Food of the 

 Common Eider (W. Evans). Flocking of the Red-breasted 

 Merganser (H. Trevelyan). Woodcock Removing its Eggs 

 (Duchess of Bedford). Black-tailed Godwits in York- 

 shire and Lincolnshire (S. Duncan). Black Terns in Wales 

 and Cumberland (H. E. Forrest, H.W. Robinson). White- 

 winged Black Tern in Warwickshire (A. G. Leigh). Notes 

 on the Common and Sandwich Terns (H. W. Robinson). 

 Great Crested Grebe, Double-Brooded (A. G. Leigh). 

 Short Notes 155 



OBSERVATIONS ON THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS 

 IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. 



BY 

 COMMANDER H. LYNES, R.N., M.B.O.U. 



(Continued from page 104.) 



III. MIGRATION AT SEA. 



In the following remarks it will doubtless be observed 

 that much old ground is gone over, but I am loath to 

 leave merely to inference such characteristics of the 



