BRIHSriDIRDS 



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., and Norman F» 

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



Contents of Number 3, Vol. VIII. August 1, 1914. 



Notes on Breeding-habits of Avocets. By Mary G. S. Best 



Ringing Birds in Hungary. By H. F. Witherby 



Notes : — 



Destruction of Sea-birds in a storm at Teesmouth (T. H 



Nelson) . . 

 Pied Wagtail's Nest built in Moving Railway Truck (J. R. B 



Masefield) 

 Breeding-habits of WUlow-Tit in Kent (R. E. Cheesman) 



Willow-Tit Breeding in Cheshire (A. W. Boyd) 



Unusual Nesting-site of Mistle-Thrush (L. R. W. Loyd) 

 Unusually large Clutch of Redbreast's Eggs (L. R. W. Loyd) . 

 Curious Sfte for a Blackbird's Nest (W. Cave) 

 Curious Break in Nesting Activities of House-Martins (L. R. W 



Loyd) 



Increase of Tufted Duck Breeding in Northumberland (M. Portal) 



Great Shearwaters at St. KUda (E. W. Wade) 



Early Nesting of Turtle-Dove (H. H. Farwig) 



Roseate Terns in Ireland (G. R. Humphreys) 



Long-tailed Skuas in Cumberland, Yorkshire and Ireland 



(E. U. Savage, W. Greaves and J. A. Dockray) 

 Moorhen Covering Eggs (Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain) 

 Moorhen Hatching two Broods in one Nest (L. R. W. Loyd) 

 Short Notes : — Blackcap Singing in Winter in Oxfordshire 

 Fulmar Petrels at Butt of Lewis . . 



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