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EDITED BY H. ¥. 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 4, Vol. VII. September 1, 1913. 



On the Breeding-season and Clutch of the Steganopodes 

 (Cormorant, Shag, and Gannet). By the Rev. F. C. R. 

 Jourdain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 



Notes on the Breeding-habits of the Common Eider, as observed 

 in the Outer Hebrides. By Mary G. S. Best and Maud D. 

 Haviland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..101 



On Incubation. By Eric B. Dunlop . . . . . . . . 105 



Notes : — 



"Land-Rail" and "Increase and Decrease in Summer- 

 Residents " Inquiries (Editors) .. .. .. .. 115 



Variation in Tongue-spots of nestling Sky-Lark (CoUingwood 

 Ingram) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 



Unusual Sites for Pied Wagtails' Nests (John R. B. Masefield 

 and J. H. Owen) . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 



" Willow-Tit nesting in Cheshire (T. A. Coward) 116 



Alpine Ring-Ouzel in Sussex (J. B. Nichols) . . . . . . 117 



Eastern Desert- Wheatear in Kent (H. W. Ford-Lindsay) . . 117 



Food of a Young Cuckoo (R. B. Lodge) . . . . . . 117 



Little Owl Breeding in Warwickshire (James R. Starley ) . . 118 



Ruddy Sheld-Duck in Cheshire (T. A. Coward) . . . . 118 



Common Scoters in Summer — 



In Cheshire and North Wales (T. A. Coward) . . . . 118 



In Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire (C. Oldham) . . 119 



Colour of the beak in the Eider (H. W. Robinson) . . . . 119 



Green Sandpiper in Perthshire (Clifford Borrer) . . . . 120 



Black-tailed Godwit in Sussex (H. W. Ford-Lindsay). . .. 120 



Little Crake in Sussex (H. W. Ford-Lindsay) 120 



Moorhen carrying her Young on her Back (John R. B. 



Masefield) 120 



Short Notes : — Birds in Norfolk in 1912. Albino House-Martin. 



Squacco Heron in CO. Cork. Black- throated Diver iii co. Mayo 121 



Reviews : — Aberdeen University Bird- Migration Inquiry : First 



Interim Report. The Food of some British Wild Birds 1 23 

 Letter : — ^Tufted Duck Breeding in Essex (W. E. Glegg) . . 124 



