BRIIOIDIRDS 



EDITED BY H. F. WITHERBV, RZ,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 7, Vol. VII. December 1, 1913. 



Marking Scheme : Progress for 1913 

 By H. F. Witherby 



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Richard John Ussher : A Memoir. By Richard M. Barrihgton 



Breeding of the Roseate Tern in Ireland. By George R. 

 Humphreys 



The " British Birds 

 and some Results. 



Notes : — 



Migration Notes from Rathlin Island, co. Antrim (Mary 



S. G. Best and Maud D. Haviland) 



Little Biinting in Yorkshire (T. Nelson) 



Blue-headed Wagtails in South Devon (Lewis R. W. Loyd) 



Breeding-habits of the Marsh- and Willow-Tits (Heatley 



Noble) 



Goldcrest Nesting in North Anglesey (S. G. Cummings) 

 Barred Warbler m Lincolnshire (G. IT. Caton Haigh) 

 Red-footed Falcon reported from Aberdeenshire (W. 



Ogilvie-Grant) 

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

 Long-tailed Duck in Warwickshire (A. Geoffrey Leigh) 

 Turtle-Dove in co. Dublin (Rev. Dr. C. W. Benson) 

 Breeding-habits of Oystercatchers (W. Rowan) 

 Herring-GTiUs Diving (S. G. Cummings) 

 Peculiar Nesting-site of Black Guillemots (W. H. Workman) 

 Carolina Crake in Outer Hebrides (W. R. Ogilvie-Grant) 



Short Notes : — Carrion-Crow roost. Eastern Sky-Lark in 

 Ireland. Hoopoe off Caithness. Fulmar breeding 

 in Lewis. Ringed Plover nesting under stones. 

 Spotted Redshank in Cumberland. Black-tailed 

 Godwit in Outer Hebrides. Scandinavian Lessef 

 Black-backed Gull in Stirlingshire. Razorbills 

 and Guillemots deserting their breeding-places. 

 Birds in Oxfordshire 



Letters ; — The Orkney Breeding-record of the Long-tailed 

 Duck (Rev. J. R. Hale). Lesser Whitethroat 

 breeding in south Devon (Lewis R. W. Loyd). 

 Whinchat breediag in co. Cork (S. G. Cummings) 



Reviews : — The Gannet : a Bird with a History. Report on 

 Scottish Ornithology in 1912. Guide to Selborne . . 



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