BRITISI1DIRDS 



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



ASSISTED BY 



Eev.F. C. R. Jourdain, m.a., m.b.o.u., W. P. Ptcraft, a.l.s., 

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



Contents of Number 11, Vol. III. April 1, 1910. 



The Lanceolated Warbler (Locustella lanceolata) in Lincoln- 

 shire — a new British Bird, by G. H. Cat on Haigh . . Page 353 



The Marsh-Sandpiper (Totanus stagnatilis, Bechst.) as a 



British Bird, by M. J. Nicoll, m.b.o.u. . . . . . . 3 o ( '. 



Sequence of Plumages in British Birds. IV. — The British 

 Stonechat, The British and Continental Redbreasts 

 and Red-spotted and White-spotted Bluethroats, by 

 H. F. Witherby 360 



Notes : — The Wood-Pigeon Diphtheria (Eds.). Recovery 

 of Marked Birds. Marking Birds (Eds.). Black 

 Redstart in Wiltshire (Dr. F. Penrose). Actions of 

 the Alpine Accentor (W. E. Teschemaker). Nuthatch 

 on the Great Orine's Head, North Wales (R. W. Jones). 

 Corsican Woodchat in Kent, a new British Bird 

 (Claud B. Ticehurst). Field-Notes on the Corsican 

 Woodchat (F. C. R. Jourdain). Crossbills Nesting in 

 England— In Suffolk (E. Fraser Stanford) ; In Norfolk 

 and Berkshire (Norman Gilroy) ; In Norfolk (J. 

 Cunningham Ford). Irruption of Crossbills. Two- 

 Barred Crossbill in Scotland (Hugh S. Gladstone). 

 Little Owl in Wiltshire (F. Reynolds). Lesser Kestrel 

 in Yorkshire (Claud B. Ticehurst). Nesting of the 

 Grey Lag-Goose in Orkney (H. W. Robinson). Red- 

 breasted Goose on the Severn (H. W. Robinson). Line 

 of Migration of the Spotted Crake (H. W. Robinson). 

 Spotted Sandpiper in Sussex (J. B. Nichols). Short 

 Notes 3(i7 



Letter: — "The Natural History of British Game Birds" 



(J. G. Millais) 381 



THE LANCEOLATED WARBLER {Locustella lanceolata) 

 IN LINCOLNSHIRE. 



A New British Bird, 

 by 



G. H. CATON HAIGH. 



When walking along the sea-bank at North Cotes, 

 Lincolnshire, on November 18th, 1909, I shot an example 

 of the Lanceolated Warbler (Locustella lanceolata). I 

 first observed the bird in the long grass on the side of 



