BRn01DI[\D5 



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. 



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



Contents of Number 1, Vol. VII. June 2, 1913. 



Eclipse-plumage of the CapercaUlie : with a Note on the Caper- page 



caillies in the Pennant Collection. By W. R. Ogilvie-Grant 2 



The Case of the Land-Rail : An Inquiry proposed. By N. F 



Ticehurst 

 The Nomenclature-Resolution at the Ninth International Con 



gress of Zoology . . 

 Recovery of Marked Birds 

 Notes : — 



Increase and Decrease in Summer-residents (The Editors) 



16 



Jay imitating the " Drumming" of Snipe (H. Eliot Howard) 16 

 Golden Oriole in co. Tyrone (Wm. C. Wright) . . . . 16 



Cirl Bimting in Essex '(W. B. Nichols) 16 



Northern WUlow-Warbler in Wigtownshire (J. G. Gordon 



and H. F. Witherby) 17 



Lesser Whitethroat in Ireland (R. M. Barrington) . . . . 17 



Whinchat wintering in Yorkshire (M. Winzar Compton) . . 18 



Early Breeding and large Clutch of Eggs of Bam-Owl (A. B. 



Fletcher) 18 



Marsh-Harrier in Cheshire (A. W. Boyd) . . . . . . 18 



Greenland Falcon in co. Derry (Wm. C. Wright) . . . . 19 



Bewick's Swan in Shropshire" (H. E. Forrest). . . . . . 19 



Geese killed by Lightning (M. Portal) 19 



Inequahty of Sexes among Diving Ducks (H. W. Robinson) 20 

 Barrow's Goldeneye and the Common Goldeneye (H. W. 



Ford-Lindsay) . . . . . . • . . . • • -• 21 



The Dive of the Long-tailed Duck (H. W. Robinson) . . . . 22 



Eider in North Wales (T. A. Coward) 23 



Black-winged Pratincoles in Sussex (H. W. Ford-Lindsay) 23 

 Dotterel in Wigtownshire (J. G. Gordon and H. F. Witherby) 23 

 Young Sandpipers Swimming imder Water (J. G. Gordon) 23 

 Probable Scandinavian Lesser Black-backed Gulls in Norfolk 



(B. B. Riviere) 24 



Short Notes : — ^Remarkable variety of the Pheasant (H. F. 

 Witherby). Uncommon birds in the Moray area. 

 Carrion-Crow reported from Ireland. Tree-Sparrows 

 in CO. Kildare. Girl Bunting in Leicestershire. The 

 Irish Coal-Tit. Glossy Ibis in Skye. Squacco Heron 

 in CO. Mayo. Stone-Curlew in co. Cork. Ruff in 

 Islay. Green Sandpiper in Dumbartonshire. Quail 

 nesting in Shetland . . . . . . • • • • 25 



Letters : — " Drumming " of the Snipe (M. Winzar Compton 



and Sydney H. Smith) . . . . • • • • 28 



The Singing of Birds on Migration (F. W. Headley). . 29 



Review : — A Dictionary of English and Folk-Names of British 



Birds , 31 



