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AUGUST, 



1896. 







No. 



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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. 



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The American Robin, The Editor ... ... ... ... ... ... ioi 



Ornithological Notes from Romney Marsh and its Neighbourhood, 



Boyd Alexander, M.B.O.U. 105 



Memoir of the Late Lord Lilford, F.L.S., F.Z.S. , Pres. B.O.U. ... ill 



Notices of New Books : — A Concise Handbook of British Birds, by 



H. Kirke Swann .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ...113 



Observations and Queries : — Breeding Habits of the Sparrow-Hawk, 

 Boyd Alexander, M.B.O.U., T. L. Johnston, C. Milburn and A.' 

 Holle Macphetson, B.C.L., F.Z.S. ; Nomenclature in Ornithology, 

 IV. C.J. Ruskin Butter field, M.B.O.U., and The Editor; Local 

 Bird Names, The Editor ; Albino Jay, C. E. Wright ; Local Bird 

 Names in S.W.. Scotland, R. Armstrong, B.A. ; Notes from 

 Dumfriesshire, R. Armstrong, B.A. ; Cuckoo's Eggs, Rev. Julian 

 G. Tuck; Teal Nesting in Worcestershire, K. A. Deakin ... ... 115 



Notes and News- 120 



Additions to Zoological Society's Collection 122 



Books, &c, Received 123 



To Correspondents 124 



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