ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY BIRD-MIGRATION INQUIRE ni 



Case 304, ring A.U. 19254 : 



Egg brought from Kincorth, Moray, Scotland ; 



x^thjuly 191 1 : marked as a young hand-reared bird on the 



lake at Dunecht House, Aberdeenshire. (Miss 1 ). 



Hamilton.) 

 \oth Jan. 1912 (about): shot on the river Urie, near Inverurie, 



Aberdeenshire. (Mr W. M. Williamson.) 



Case 347, ring A.U. i593: 



2%th June 1 9 10 : marked as a hand-reared bird of two months, 



at Pitcaple Castle, Aberdeenshire. (Mr G. Gray.) 

 %th June 1912 (about) : found dead in a field near Inveramsay, 



Aberdeenshire. (Mr H. Anderson in Aberdeen Free Press, 



1 1 vi. 1912.) 



Case 367, female, ring A.U. 16020 : 



June 1910: marked as a hand-reared young bird at Pitcaple 



Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. (Mr G. Gray.) 

 18//1 July 191 1 : obtained on a marsh at Gjottriip, near 

 Fjerritslev, prov. Aalborg, northern Denmark : described 

 as a mother in charge of a brood of about fifteen ducklings. 

 (Mr Lorentzen.) 



Yellow Hammer (E/nberiza cttrinella, L.). 

 [For other records, see 1912, page 224.] 



Case 18, ring A.U. 7679: 



The marker described this bird as "apparently escaped from 

 captivity; two nails missing from right foot, the others 

 very long ; tail cut across about an inch from the end : 

 very dirty." 



22nd March 1910: caught in net in the above-described 

 condition, marked, and released at East Warriston, 

 Edinburgh. (Mr A. Campbell.) [23/7/ March, 14/h 

 and I'jf/i April 19 10.] 



This report includes details of all records from Cases 1-367, but it may be 

 noted that, owing to cancellations for inaccuracies and similar causes, the following 

 "Case numbers" are blank =5, 6, 10, II, 13, 17, 36, 53, 64, 68, 69, 77, 90, 179, 

 210, 219, 221, 222, 225, 241, 243, 245, 247, 248, 294, 338, 353. Of the remaining 

 cases 22 are in the Appendix and 318 fall within the ordinary scope of the Inquiry. 

 Additional records for any of these cases, as well as details of cases from 368 

 onwards, will be given in future reports. 



