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.tj., and Norman F. 

 tlcehurst, m.a., f.r.c.s., m.b.o.tj. 



Contents of Number 4, Vol. VIII. September 1, 1914. 



Page 

 A Report on the Land-Rail Inquiry. By H. G. Alexander 82 



Rvippell's Warbler in Sussex. A New British Bird . . 93 



Notes : — 



Twites in Shropshire in Sununer (H. E. Forrest) . . . . 97 



Early Breeding of Lesser Whitethroat and Blackcap 



(R. Bumier) 97 



Wrens Laying in Year-old Nests (Lewis R. W. Loyd) . . 98 



Cuckoo in House-Sparrow's Nest (H. E. Forrest) . . . . 98 



Sparrow-Hawks' Method of Feeding Young (Dr. F. G. 



Penrose) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 



Night-Heron in Shropshire (H. E. Forrest) . . . . 100 



Bartram's Sandpiper in Sussex (H. W. Ford-Lindsay) . . 101 



Redshanks breeding inland in Kent (Robert E. Cheesman) 101 



Common Gull breeding in Cumberland (F. W. Smalley) . . 101 



Moorhen Covering Eggs (John R. B. Masefield) . . 102 



Destruction of Grouse in a Storm in Yorkshire 



(T. H. Nelson) 102 



Short Notes : — Early nesting in Scotland in 1914. Mealy 

 Redpolls in Staffordshire. Willow-Tit nesting in 

 Renfrew. Garganey Breeding in Kent. Possible 

 Breeding of Tufted-Duck and Pochard in Northants. 

 Little Gull in Fifeshire in June . . . . . . 103 



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