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



assisted by 

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

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



Contents of Number 8, Vol. VIII. January 1, 1915. 



Notes on the Breeding-Habits of the Curlew-Sandpiper, 

 Maud D. Haviland 



By 



178 



A Practical Study of Bird Qicology. By H. G. Alexander . . 184 

 Notes on the Food and Habits of the Sparrow-Hawk. By 



J. H. Owen 193 



Notes : — 



Carrion-Crows in the Outer Hebrides (G. Bathurst Hony) . . 196 



Unusual Site for Nest of Linnet (S. G. Cummings) . . . . 196 



Folk-Lore of the Yellow Bunting (Chas. Oldham) . . . . 196 



Chiffchaff in Dorsetshire in December (Dr. F. G. Penrose) . . 197 

 Little Owls in Essex (Walter B. Nichols and WiUiam E. 



Glegg) 197 



Honey-Buzzard in Ireland (Herbert T. Malcomson) . . . . 197 



Fork-tailed Petrel in Shropshire (H. E. Forrest) . . . . 198 



Roseate Tern in Shropshire (H. E. Forrest) . . . . . . 198 



Gulls Worrying Diving Birds (F. W. Smalley) 198 



Little Gull in Lancashire (F. W. Smalley) 199 



Rare Birds in Sussex (H. W. Ford-Lindsay) . . . . . . 199 



Short Notes : — Tree-Pipit in Ireland. Grey Wagtails Nestiag 

 in Sussex. Swallow Breeding in Shetland. "The 

 ' Blue Fulmar ' : Its Plumage and Distribution." 



Vertebrate Faima of North Wales . . . . . . 199 



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