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The Levantine Shearwater in British waters. ( T.c . pp. 206-8.) 
[With N. F. Ticehurst.] The spread of the Little Owl from the 
chief centres of its introduction. (Op. cit. i. pp. 335-42.) 
1909. Marking birds. The “ British Birds ” scheme. (Op. cit. iii. pp. 
4-6, 179-82; 219-20.) 
The irruption of Crossbills. (Op. cit. iii. pp. 162-3, 190-94; 226-8 ; 
pi. xiii; map.) 
1910. On the races and status of the Crossbill in Great Britain. (Bull. 
B.O.C. xxv. pp. 77-9.) 
The irruption of Crossbills. (Brit. Birds , iii. pp. 258-61 : iv. p. 22.) 
Black-winged Pratincole in Yorks. (T.c. pp. 266-8.) 
Sequence of plumages in British Birds. (Op. cit. iii. pp. 209-12, 
243-50, 321-6, 360-6, 391-8 ; iv. pp. 98-103.) 
[With the Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain.] Recent Records from Staffs, 
Warwickshire and Worcester. (T.c. pp. 104-12.) 
1910-12. The “ British Birds ” marking scheme. Progress for 1910 and 
1911 and 1912. (Op. cit. iv. pp. 204-7 ; v. pp. 158-62 ; vi. pp. 
177-83.) 
1911. [With E. Hartert.] The Irish Jay (Garrulus glandarius hibernicus f 
subsp. nova.) (Op. cit. iv. pp. 234-5.) 
[With C. J. Alexander.] The 1909 Irruption of the Crossbill as 
observed in the British Isles. (Op,, cit. iv. pp. 326-31.) 
The Crossbill as a British Bird. (T.c. pp. 332-4.) 
On the British and other sub-species of Garrulus glandarius. (Bull. 
B.O.C. xxvii. pp. 95-6.) 
1912. [With E. Hartert, Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain, and N. F. Ticehurst.] 
A Hand-list of British Birds. London : 1912. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. xii + pp. 218 +pp. 19 un. 
[With T. Parkin and Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain.] The, Terek 
Sandpiper in Kent. (Brit. Birds, vi. pp. 74-8.) 
Migration Notes from Holy Island, Northumberland. (T.c. pp. 
202 - 10 .) 
Witheeings (John), ca . 1632 
We have no evidence that Witherings wrote the under- 
noted little work, although it was obviously prepared under 
his direction as indicated by the title-page. He was, as 
shown, Master of the Game of Swans, and was the keeper of 
the roll of owners’ marks, which were notches or nicks on the 
bill of the bird. 
It is worthy of remark that the spelling occurs as “ Swann ” 
and “ Signet ” on the title, but as “ swanne ” and “ cignet ” 
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