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in Ireland are one ringed near Ayr on 6th June 1914, 

 recovered in Co. Antrim, 8th February 1917, and another 

 ringed at Pitlochry in June 1916 was recovered in Co. 

 Antrim in January 1917 (2. xi. 185). Another species to 

 move to Ireland in winter appears to be the Common Gull, 

 one which had been ringed in Argyllshire on 5th July 1910 

 being recovered in Co. Clare on 15 th February 191 7 

 (2. xi. 187). There are, as usual, a good many records 

 of birds recovered at or near the place of ringing : thus 

 two nestling Greenfinches ringed at Torrance, Stirlingshire, 

 on 1st and 7th June 191 5, were recovered near Glasgow, 

 one on 12th March 1917, the other in August 1917 (2. xi. 

 156); and yet again two nestling Woodcocks ringed at 

 Langholm, Dumfriesshire, on 26th April 1916, were both 

 recovered at Tarras Water, near Langholm, on 23rd January 

 1917 (2. xi. 186). Mallard and Teal marked at .Stranraer are 

 recorded from the same place two to three years later, 

 a Starling and a Redbreast were recovered at the place of 

 ringing three and one years later, while a Black-headed 

 Gull ringed at Loch Thorn, Renfrewshire, on 22nd July 

 191 1, was recovered at Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, on 12th 

 May 19 1 7 (2. xi. 186). 



Plumage. 



A " Crow all black except a grey breast " is reported 

 at Cullen on 16th February this was in all probability 

 a Carrion x Hoodie ; while an interesting record of a 

 Rook with white feathers in its wings, being seen for the 

 fourth winter in succession, comes from Bruntsfield Links, 

 Edinburgh. This bird was first noted on 31st January, 

 was seen occasionally up to 28th April, then disappeared 

 till about 8th August, since when it has been "a good deal in 

 evidence." On 29th March a Jackdaw with more white than 

 black feathers in its wings was seen in the Meadows 

 (Edinburgh), and our correspondent adds : " Fully two years 

 ago I saw the same or a similarly marked Jackdaw on 

 Bruntsfield Links." A House-sparrow, almost entirely 

 white, is recorded near Largo (Fife) on 29th October, and 

 from Cullen on 24th April we have this note : " The female 



