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Dumfries in May was recovered in Manche, France, in 

 November (3. viii. 163) ; while a British Song-thrush marked 

 at Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, in April 191 3, was reported in 

 January 1914 at Enniskean, co. Cork (3. vii. 335); and a 

 nestling marked at Torrance, Stirlingshire, in June 191 3, 

 was reported from Newcastle-on-Tyne in April 1914 

 (3. vii. 336). Two Mallard ringed in Wigtownshire on 2Sth 

 February 1914 were recovered, one at Jemton, Norbotten, 

 Laen, Sweden, on 12th August (3. viii. 112), the other at 

 Kasko, Finland, on 17th August (3. viii. 163). Further 

 interesting returns have been got from Cormorants, marked 

 on the Saltee Islands, co. Wexford ; one marked on loth 

 June 191 3 was reported at Turnberry, Ayrshire, on 22nd 

 August 1914 (3. viii. 112). A nestling Oystercatcher, 

 marked at Evanton, Ross-shire, in July 19 10, was reported 

 from Port Carlisle, Solway Firth, 31st January 1914 

 (3. vii. 338) ; and another bird of this species was 

 ringed at Inverness in July, and recovered in Cornwall in 

 September (3. viii. 163). Lapwings, as usual, yielded good 

 returns ; four birds ringed in Scotland in summer were 

 recovered in Ireland in winter : further proof, if this be 

 necessary, of the south-westerly movements of this species. 

 As well as these, we have one marked at Torrance, 31st 

 May 191 1, reported on the river Nalon, at Soto del Barco, 

 Asturias, Spain, on 4th January 1914 (3. vii. 338); and 

 another marked at Kinnelhead, Dumfriesshire, 12th June 

 191 3, was reported from Muzillac (Morbihan), France, on 

 25th January 1914 (3. vii. 338). A Redshank marked at 

 Torrance in 191 3 was recovered in Ireland in September 

 1914(3. viii. 112). A very interesting recovery is reported 

 from a moor near Galson, Outer Hebrides, where a Curlew 

 was found on 3rd October 1914 which had been ringed near 

 the town of Bjorneborg, south-west coast of Finland, on 30th 

 May of the same year (i. 1914, 21). Woodcock marked in 

 Dumfriesshire in 191 2, and in Nairn in 1911, were recovered in 

 Ireland in January and February 1914; another bird of this 

 species marked in Dumfriesshire in May 191 3 v/as recovered 

 in Cumberland in January 1914 (3. vii. 339) ; and yet another, 

 marked in Wigtownshire in May 191 3, was recovered in 



