BRIHSriDIPDS 



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. 

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



Contents of Number 9, Vol. VIII. Februaby 1, 1915. 



Notes on the Breeding-Habits of the Little Stint. By Maud 



D. Haviland 202 



Report on the Results of Ringing Black-headed Gulls. By 



H.W.Robinson 209 



Notes : — 



Remarkable Tameness in a Redwing (H. E. Forrest) . . 219 



Rough-legged Buzzard and Gadwalls in Berkshire (Heatley 



Noble) 219 



Food of Sparrow-Hawk (W. H. St. Quintin) 220 



Colouring of Soft Parts of Slavonian Grebe (D. G. Garnett) 220 



Short Notes : — Eider Nesting in Woods in Scotland. Moult of 

 the Scoters. Occasional High Mortality in Young 

 Common Terns. Little Tern Breeding in East 

 Lothian 221 



Reviews : — The Food of Birds. Some Observations on the Food 

 of Nestling Sparrows. Some further Observations on 

 the Dispersal of Weed Seeds by Wild Birds . . . . 223 



