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Marked Starlings. Mr. R. Tomlinson of Musselburgh has 

 asked me to notify in " The Annals," that he has attached tabs to 

 the legs of a number of Starlings. The tabs in question are, " as 

 far as he found it possible and practicable," attached to the left 

 legs of the birds. 



Should any of these liberated birds come under the notice of 

 our readers, or otherwise attract attention, we would be obliged 

 if such occurrences were communicated to "The Annals." The 

 birds liberated are numbered on a metal ring as follows, and were 

 liberated on the dates given : 



Nos. 61, 63, 18, 30, 36, 38. 



67, 61, 2, 31, 22. 

 ,, 34, 42, 49, 45, 29, 13, 12, 17. 



47, 34, 5, 9- 



19, 71, 63, 66, 54, 7, 10, 52, 69. 



40, 46, 57. 



59, 55, 35- 



44, 54, 46, ii. 



,, 3, 6, 39, 68, 25, 37, 19, 23, 36. 

 65, 33, 15, 65, 43, 40, 51. 



,, 6, 9, 52, 64, 48, 14, 27. 

 ,, 37, 27, 5, 62. 



24, 41, 58, 4, 52. 

 31, 64, 38, plain ring, no number. 



53, 29, I, 30, 4- 

 ,, 67, 2, 21. 

 ,, 69, 10. 



59- 



16, 70, 50 60, 39, 43. 

 23, 64, 55, 49, 72, 25, 28, 60, 70, 7- 



,, 33- 



,, 24, 44, 45, 56. 

 16, 14, 20, 26, 42. 



J. A. HARVIE-BROWN, Dunipace. 



Bramblings in West Ross-shire. I shot a pair of Bramblings 

 here to-day in the garden, a male and a female, and I think it is 

 not a usual visitor here. The last time they were noticed was in 

 January 1899 by my sister, but there were only one or two to be 

 seen then. To-day I saw six pairs altogether, which have apparently 

 been driven here by the storm. They are being added to the 

 Braemore collection, as we have not a specimen there. ALAN A. 

 FOWLER, Inverbroom, Ross-shire. 



Rustic Bunting in Aberdeenshire. On gth April 1905, I 

 received from Learney, Torphins, a pair of Rustic Buntings (Emberiza 

 rustica). The birds were all but spoiled, having been dead, I should 

 think, a fortnight. They were dried up, but by careful handling and 

 softening in spirits I managed to skin and stuff them, not quite what 



