BRlTBnDIN)5 



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 9, Vol. III. February 1, 1910. 



Memoir of Richard Bowdler Sharpe, bv C. E Fagan 



(Plate XIII.) Page 27:? 



The Black Wheatear (Saxicola leucura (Gm.)) in Sussex. 



A New British Bird, by N. F. Ticehurst . . . . 289 



Notes : — Recovery of Marked Birds (H.F.W.) Additions 

 to the Booth Museum (N. F. Ticehurst). The Eastern 

 Pied Wheatear {Saxicola pleschanka (Lepech.)) in 

 Scotland. A New British Bird, (H.F.W.). The 

 Greenish Willow-Warbler as a British Bird (H.F.W.). 

 " Grey headed Wagtail " (Dr. Ernst Hartert). Water- 

 Pipit in Devon (J. B. Nichols). A Marked House- 

 Martin (A. Landsborough Thomson). Breeding-Habits 

 of the Siskin in Ireland (Rev. Allan Ellison). Cross- 

 bills Nesting in Norfolk (Heatlev Noble). Irruption 

 of Crossbills (H.F.W.). An 'Overlooked Record 

 of the Two-barred Crossbill in Scotland (William 

 Evans). Snow-Bunting in Dorset (Eustace R. Bankes 

 and H. W. Mapleton). Little Owl in Staffordshire (A. 

 J. Leigh). Montagu's Harrier in Kent (P. Vernon 

 Dodd). Greenland Falcon in Co. Antrim (Wm. C. 

 Wright). Red-footed Falcon in Cambridgeshire (Wm. 

 Farren). Bittern in Sussex (Col. H. P. Molineux). Glossy 

 Ibises in Huntingdonshire, Ireland and Yorkshire 

 (Wm Farren and Wm. C. Wright). The Longevity of 

 Birds 'H.F.W.). Short Notes .. . . .. .. 293 



Review: — A History of the Birds of Kent . . . . . . 310 



RICHARD BOWDLER SHARPE. 



(Plate XIII.) 



This great ornithologist passed away on Christmas Day, 

 1909, at his home at Chiswick, after a brief illness. The 

 news of his death must have come as a shock to his many 

 friends, who were unaware of his condition. Dr. Sharpe 

 was present at the meeting of the British Ornithologists' 

 Club on the evening of the 16th of December. He then 



