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EDirEl) BY H. F. WITHERBV, F.Z.S., M.H.O.U. 



assisted by 



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

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



Contents of Number 12, Vol. VIII. May 1, 1915 



The B.O. U. List of British Birds 278 



The Late Lieut. Francis A. Monckton . . . . . . . . 287 



Notes : — 



Ai-rival of STimmer Migrants. Early Appearances in 1915 .. 289 



Crossbills breeding in Norfolk (N. Tracy) . . . . . . 289 



Tree-Creeper in London (Miss D. Eardley-Beecham) .. .. 291 



Breeding-habits of the Mistle-Thrush (S. G. Cummings) 291 



^listle-Thrush singing on the wing (N. H. Foster) . . . . 292 



Dipper in Surrey (M. V. Wenner) . . . . . . 292 



Early Nesting of Great Crested Grebe G. K. Baynes) 292 



Feeding-habit of the Red-necked Phalarope (O. G. Pike) . . 293 



Occasional High Mortality in young Common Terns 



(E. W. Hendy) 294 



Short Note : — Chiffchaff in winter 294 



Letters : — The Blakeney Point Ternery (J. H. Gumey, J. Few, 



C. Borrer) 295-6 



