128 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



Case 260, ring A.U. 339H : 



\*\th Aug. 1 911: caught in net as a young bird, marked, and 

 released at East Warriston, Edinburgh. (Mr A. Campbell.) 

 [igf/i Aug. 191 t.] 



Case 261, ring A.U. 391H : 



23rd Aug. 191 1 : caught in net as a young bird, marked, and 

 released at East Warriston, Edinburgh. (Mr A. Campbell.) 

 [2nd Sept. 1 911; 27/// and ^xst Jan. 191 2, and i^th Feb. 

 1912.] 



Case 313, ring A.U. 166F: 



2377/ Dec. 191 1 : caught in trap, marked, and released at 



Beaulieu, Hampshire, England. (Dr P. Gosse.) 

 21st Feb. 1912: shot at the same place. (Marker.) 



Case 31S, male, ring A.U. 850H : 



21st Nov. 1910: caught in net, marked, and released at East 

 Warriston, Edinburgh. (Mr A. Campbell.) [24//^ Jan. 

 1912.] 



Case 321, ring A.U. 855H : 



2\st Nov. 1910: caught in net, marked, and released at East 

 Warriston, Edinburgh. (Mr A. Campbell.) \$th Feb. 

 1912.] 



Case 322, ring A.U. 496H : 



141/1 Feb. 191 1 : caught in net, marked, and released at East 

 Warriston, Edinburgh. (Mr A. Campbell.) [6/7/ and 

 24/V/ Feb. 19 1 2.] 



Case 342, ring A.U. 715H : 



xSt/i March 191 1: caught in net, marked, and released at 



46 Don Street, Old Aberdeen. (Mr A. G. Davidson.) 

 \th May 191 2: killed by a cat at 81 High Street, Old 



Aberdeen. (Miss M. M. Trail, M.A. : ring returned.) 



Note. Most of the birds in the above cases might belong either to the British 

 race {Prunella modularis occidentalism Hart.) or to the Continental winter immigrant 

 race {Prunella modularis modularis, L.) of the species ; but those in cases 126, 

 227, 259, 260, 261, and 342, having been recorded in the British Isles in summer, 

 may be presumed to belong to former race. The reader should note that in regard 

 to this and the other species so frequently recorded as " recaught at the same place" 

 there is a natural tendency for most of such records to occur in those months when 

 netting and trapping can be successfully carried on : an absence or scarcity of 

 summer records, therefore, does not necessarily indicate a movement on the part of the 

 birds. But, on the other hand, it is probable that a considerably smaller proportion of 

 reappearances would be recorded from among birds leaving the district, than from 

 among birds remaining in the district and having the chance of reappearing in the 

 markers own nets or traps. 



