BRITmDIPJ)S 



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



assisted by 



Rev. F. C. R. Joubdain, m.a., m.b.o.f., and Norman F. 

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



Contents of Nximbeb 6, Vol. VIII. November 2, 1914. 



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Cormorants in Norfolk. By E. L. Turner, Hon. Mem. B.O.U. 130 



Notes : — 



Birds Migrating Northwards in October (J. H. Gumey) . . 143 



Habits of Brooding Birds and Nestlings at Night (Miss 



Maud D. Haviland) 144 



Breeding Status of Linnet in the Scilly Isles (H. W. 



Robinson) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 



Tree-Pipit Nesting in the Scilly Isles (H. W. Robinson) . . 145 



Late Breeding of Yellow Wagtail (G. Sanderson) . . 145 



Willow-Tit in North-east Norfolk (H. G. Alexander) . . 146 



Icterine Warbler in Sussex (H. W. Ford-Lindsay) . . 146 



Dartford Warbler in Warwickshire (Reginald Hudson) . . 146 



Food of Sparrow-Hawks and Method of Feeding Young 



(E. G. B. Meade- Waldo) 147 



Pectoral Sandpiper in Sussex (H. W. Ford-Lindsay) . . 148 



Nest of Jack Snipe (H. L. Popham) . . . . . . 149 



Slender-billed Curlew in Kent (H. W. Ford-Lindsay) , . 150 



Pomatorhine Skua in Wiltshire (H. W. Robinson) . . 150 



Status of Land-Rail in Yorkshire and Oxfordshire (E. W. 



Wade and Lord Moreton) . . . . . . . . . . 150 



Moor-Hen covering Eggs (Dr. J. E. H. Kelso) . . . . 151 



Short Notes : — ^Icterine Warblers in Orkney. Long-tailed 



Skua in co. Donegal . . . . . . . . 152 



