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which was sent to him. In the November number Mr. F. W. 

 Smalley takes up the subject of the moults in British Ducks, started 

 by Miss C. Jackson, with both critical and confirmatory remarks on 

 her paper, Mr. E. B. Dunlop contributes notes on the Great 

 Northern Diver's nesting-habits in Canada, illustrated by photographs 

 which are unfortunately not very clear, except that showing the nest 

 and eggs. Mr. Witherby commences a series of papers on " The Moults 

 of the British Passeres." This is continued in the Decembernumber, 

 in which also Miss Haviland discusses the Grey Plover in its haunts 

 on the Yenesei. Mr. W. J. Ashford records the visit, for six years in 

 succession, of a pair of Black Eedstarts to the parish church at 

 Blandford, Dorset, where they spend the late autumn and early 

 spring, the male coming several days before the female. The January 

 number is largely occupied by short notes on rare birds on the British 

 list, among which the Moustached and Olivaceous Warblers are 

 illustrated by photographs of British specimens. In that for 

 February Mr. Witherby continues his notes on the plumage of the 

 Passeres, Miss Haviland notes and illustrates the habits of the 

 Lapland Bunting on the Yenesei, and Mr. Witherby reports the 

 progress in 1915 of the " British Birds " bird-marking scheme. The 

 subject of the recovery of marked birds also receives attention in the 

 March number, wherein also Miss Turner discusses the ways of 

 Coots and Moorhens ; a photograph of the latter displaying, though 

 not too clear, is very interesting. This is part of a series on " Wait 

 and See " Photography, which runs through several numbers. It 

 figures also in the April issue, the most interesting record in which 

 number is one among some Manx ornithological notes by Mr. P. G. 

 Ealfe, on the breeding of the Chough in a ruined mine-building, a 

 photograph of the site being given. Mr. C. J. Carroll notes the 

 breeding of more than sixty pairs of Siskins in South Tipperary. 

 The May number, as the last of the volume, contains, of course, the 

 index, and has also instalments of Miss Turner's photographs and 

 notes, and Mr. Witherby's discussion on the Moults of British 

 Passeres. Miss Turner's- description of the amicable social play of 

 male Sheldrakes whose mates are sitting is well worth reading, as is 

 also the short note by the Duchess of Bedford on a male Fire-crest 

 seen in Bedfordshire, apparently displaying to a hen Gold-crest. 



Editorial Note. — For the benefit of new readers we mention 

 here that the daggers (t) in Mr. Gurney's paper indicate that the 

 specimens have been inspected by him. [See ' Zool.,' 1915, p. 125.] 



