BRn^riDiPDS 



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.tj. 



Contents of Number 12, Vol. VII. May 1, 1914. 



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Snipe and Redshank nesting in Sussex. By Colonel H. W. 



Feilden 330 



Recovery of Marked Birds . . . . . . . . . . 334 



Notes : — 



Recovery of Marked Starlings (N. H. Joy) . . . . . . 341 



Unusual Spring-Immigration of Starlings (J. H. Gurney) . . 342 



Breeding-habits of the Raven (E. B. Dunlop) . . . . 343 



Brambling in London (Miss D. Eardley-Beecham) . . . . 344 



Nuthatch in South-west Cornwall (H. G. Alexander) . . 344 



Incursion of Waxwings . . . . . • . . . . . . 344 



M:istle-Thrush's Nest built of Lace (T. L. Bradley) . . . . 345 



Redwing singing in England (Rev. W. Serle) . . . . . . 345 



A Pair of Robins building many Nests (J. H. Owen) . . . . 346 



Hoopoe in Staffordshire (W. Wells Bladen) 346 



Incubation-Period of Peregrine Falcon (J. Walpole-Bond) . . 346 



Spoonbill in Cheshire (Rev. F. C. R. Jovirdain) . . . . 347 



Smew inland near Edinburgh (Rev. W. Serle) . . . . 347 



Black Terns in Cheshire (E. A. Eason) 348 



Spotted Crake in Winter in Gloucestershire (J. M. Charlton) 348 



Short Notes : — -Occurrences of Rare Birds in Scotland. Unusual 



Winter-migration of Woodcock . . . . . . . . 348 



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