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



assisted by 

 Rev. F. C. R. Jotjrdain, m.a., m.b.o.u., and Norman F. 

 ticehurst, m.a., f.r.c.s., m.b.o.u. 



Contents of Number 1, Vol. VIII. JunB 1, 1914. 



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The Study of Bird-Notes. By Dr. Hans Stadler and Herr 



Cornel Schmitt . . . . . . . . . , . . 2 



Notes on the Red-necked Phalarope in the Outer Hebrides. 



By JMiss :M. G. S. Best and Miss M. D. Haviland . . . . 9 



Notes : — 



Sexes of Migrants (R. M. Barrington) . . . . . . 1 .3 



Rare Vagrants in Kent and Sussex (J. B. Nichols) . . . . 13 



Mud-daubed Eggs of Jackdaw (J. H. Owen) . . . . 14 



Sparrow ejecting Eggs from Nest of Song-Thrush (J. H. 



Owen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 



Incursion of Waxwings . . . . . . . . . . 15 



Blackcap in London (A. A. Goodall) . . . . . . 15 



Abnormal Song of Blackcap (W. E. Glegg) . . . . . . 16 



Early Nesting of Blackcap and Chiffchaff (D. Munro Smith) 16 

 Whitethroat and Lesser Whitethroat in November (A. 



Smith) 16 



Thrush Incubating in Train in Motion (W. H. Workman) 17 



Little Owl in Shropshire (H. E. Forrest) 18 



Goldeneye breeding in Nesting-boxes in Germany (The 



Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain) 18 



Gannets in Staffordshire and Northamptonshire (J. R. B. 



Masefield) 19 



Breeding-actions of the Redshaiok (Miss M. G. S. Best) . . 20 



Sabine's Snipe in Merionethshire (F. H. L. Whish) . . 20 



Woodcock eating Corn (J. H. Owen) . . . . . . . . 21 



Iceland Gull off the Cornish Coast (H. W. Robinson) . . 21 

 Remarkable Coincidence in marking Razorbills (H. W. 



Robinson) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 



Short Notes : — Scarce birds in the Isle of May. Hawfinch in 

 CO. Dublin. House-Sparrow in Uist. Blue-headed 

 Wagtail in Yorkshire. Black Redstarts in Northum- 

 berland. Little Owl in Radnorshire and York- 

 shire. Little Owl breeding in Somersetshire. Habits 

 of the Merlin. Scottish Heronries. Display of the 

 Mallard in Relation to Pairing. Grebe spreading 

 wings before diving. The habits and behaviour of 

 the Herring-Gull. Moult of the Moorhen . . 22 



Review : — Field-Studies of Some Rarer British Birds . . . . 26 



