Vol. I. 



JULY, 1896. 



No. 5. 



ORNITHOLOGIST: 



A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF 



ORNITHOLOGY AND OOLOGY. 



EDITED BY 



H. K. SWANN, 



With the assistance of 



J. Whitaker, F.Z.S. 

 O. V. Aplin, F.L.S. 

 F. B. Whitlock. 



Rev. H. A. Macpherson. 

 W. Hy. Heathcote, F.L.S. 

 G.E. H. Barrett-Hamilton 

 (Ireland). 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 

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" X Ray" Photograph of Collared Turtle Dove ( T. risorhis ) facing 

 Breeding habits of the Sparrow-Hawk, F. B. Whitlock, J. J. Baldwin 



Young, and H. S. Davenport ... ... ... ... ... ... 81 



Bird Life on the Coast, George F. Ely ... ... ... ... ... 86 



Rough Notes from North Wales, John A. Bucknill, B. A. ... ... 90 



Observations and Queries : — 



Notes from the Thames, Graham W. Kerr; Notes from Barmouth, 

 F. C. Kawlings ; Nomenclature in Ornithology, W. Ruskin 

 Butterfield, M.B.O.U., and The Editor ; Scarcity of the Black 

 Crow in Sussex, W. Ruskin Butterfield, M.B.O. U. ; Abundance 

 of Little Auks in January, 1895,7^. B. Whitlock; Spotted Eggs 

 of Redstart, F. B. Whitlock; Local Bird Names, C. Milburn ; 

 Owls' Pellets Wanted. Lionel E. Adams, B.A. ; White Variety 

 of Bullfinch's Eggs, Rev. J. E. Tarbot, 31. A., and The Editor 92 



Notes and News 97 



Additions to Zoological Society's Collection 99 



To Correspondents 100 



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