BRIHSHDir^DS 



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., a:^d Norman F. 



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



Contents of Number U, Vol. VII. Ootobeb 1, 1913. 



The Sequence of Plumages of the Rook, with Special 



Reference to the Moult of the " Face." By H. F. Witherby 1 2() 



Notes : — 



Parent-Birds removing Matter from the Gapes of 



Nestlings (J. H. Owen) 140 



Breeding-habits of the Marsh- and Willow-Tits (Rev. 



F. C. R. Jourdain) . . : 141 



Pied Flycatcher on Migration in Sussex (J. G. Millais) . . 144 



Colour of the Bill in the Eider., (J. G. MUlais) . . . . 144 



Common Scoters off Carnarvonshire in Summer (R. W. 



Jones) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 



Breeding-habits of the Steganopodes (R. J. Ussher and 



H. W. Robinson) . . : 145 



Late Nesting of the Dabchick {J. Beddall Smith) . . . . 146 



Incubation Period of th^ Common Sandpiper (J. D. 



Patterson) . . ..;,.. . . 146 



Common Terns breeding in. Essex (W. B. Nichols) . . ^147 



Sandwich Terns in Carnarvonshire (R. W. Jones) . . . . 147 



Short Notes : — Squacco Heron in the Outer Hebrides. Scaup 



breeding in the Outer Hebrides . . . . . . . . 147 



Letter :— On Incubation (O. G. Pike) 148 



