BR1TISHD1RDS 



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



ASSISTED BY 



Rev.F. C. R. 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 6, Vol. III. November 1, 1909. 



Memoir of Thomas Southwell, by Alfred Heneage Cocks. 



(Plate XL) Page 173 



Marking Birds : Progress of the British Birds Scheme, 



by H. F. W 179 



Notes : — The Meaning of Birds' Songs (Dr. R. Lowe and 

 F. B. Kirkman). Marsh- Warbler Breeding in Kent 

 and Worcestershire (Percy F. Bunyard). Dartford- 

 Warbler feigning injury at the Nest (Howard Bentham). 

 On the Breeding of the Great Tit (C. Kingsley Siddall). 

 Woodchat Shrike devouring Swallow on Migration 

 (Major H. A. F. Magrath). On the Breeding of the 

 Siskin in North Wicklow (R. Hamilton-Hunter). The 

 Irruption of Crossbills (H. F. W.). Dimorphism in the 

 Crossbill (Fredk. J. Stubbs). Two-barred Crossbills 

 in Scotland (W. E. Clarke). Late Nesting of the Cirl- 

 Bunting (Sidney G. Cummings). Ortolan Buntings in 

 Norfolk (F. I. Richards). A Late Swift in Norfolk 

 (H. M. Upcher). On the Breeding of the Nightjar 

 (J. S. T. Walton). Common Scoter Breeding in 

 Ireland (Major Herbert Trevelyan). Number of Eggs 

 laid by Terns (Percy F. Bunyard). Dimorphism in 

 Young Terns (N. F. Ticehurst, f.r.c.s.). The Young of 

 Terns (Fredk. J. Stubbs). Diseases in Young Black- 

 headed Gulls and Common Terns (F. W. Smalley). 

 Great Crested Grebe, Double-Brooded (W. Roberts). 

 Manx Shearwater in Warwickshire (A. L. Butler). 

 Short Notes 183 



Reviews: — The Home-Life of a Golden Eagle. VIII. 

 Jahresbericht (1908) der Vogelwarte Rossitten der 

 Deutschen Ornithologischen Gesellschaft .. .. 205 ' 



THOMAS SOUTHWELL. 

 (Plate XL) 

 One after another, zoologists, like all other mortals, drop 

 out of the ranks, and enter into their rest. At this 

 moment all who knew Thomas Southwell, of Norwich, 

 are feeling the loss of a good friend. Born at King's 

 Lynn, June 15th, 1831 — one of ten children — he spent 

 nearly his whole life in his native county, dying at his 

 home in Norwich, September 5th, 1909. 



