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



ASSISTED BY 



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



TiCEHURST, M.A., F.R.C.S., M.B.O.TJ. 



Contents of Number 7, Vol. VIII. December 1, 1914. 



PAGE 



Feeding-habits of the Sparrow-Hawk. By W. Farren . . 164 



The British Birds Marking Scheme. Progress for 1914 and 



Some Results. By H. F. Witherby 161 



Notes : — 



Birds Migrating Northwards in October (B. B. Riviere) . . 1 69 



Spotted Flycatcher's Method of Eating Butterflies (C. I. 



Evans) 171 



Probable Yellow-lirowed Warblers in Nottinghamshire (Chas. 



E.Pearson) 171 



AMiite's Thrush in Northvunberland (Miss E. L. Turner) . . 172 



Notes from the Scilly Isles (H. W. Robinson) . . . . 1 72 



Cuckoo Laying in House-Sparrow's Nest (F. W. Frohawk) . . 173 



Stone-Curlew Breeding in Buckinghamshire (Heatley 



Noble and Alfred H. Cocks) 173 



Avocet in Suffolk (H. F. Witherby) 174 



Baird's Sandpiper in Sussex (H. W. Ford-Lindsay) . . . . 174 



Black-headed Gulls and Razorbills (Dr. F. Penrose) . . 174 



Beliefs Regarding the Mating of Blackgame (H. S. Gladstone) 1 75 



Short Notes : — Carrion-Crows in Outer Hebrides. Ferruginous 

 Duck and Ortolan Bunting in Suffolk. Dotterel in 



Wigtownshire. London Natural History Society . . 1 76 



