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have only entered into details in those cases which possess 

 features of value or special interest. 



Starling, Stur?ius vulgaris, L. 



Of this species twenty-nine birds have been recovered, twenty- 

 three of which were captured either at the place of ringing or within 

 a few miles. The interval which elapsed between the times of 

 release and recapture of these sedentary individuals varied from 

 sixteen days to three years and four months. 



The remaining six examples are of much interest as demonstrat- 

 ing the various migratory movements of the Starling. The details 

 of these interesting cases are as follows : — 



Case 452 : ringed at the Skerries Lighthouse, off North Wales, 



in October 19 12, and recaptured at Svendborg, Denmark, 



in May 19 14. 

 Case 455: ringed in Edinburgh in March 191 1, and captured 



at Nord-Throndhjeim, Norway, in April 191 3. 

 Case 456: ringed at St Catherine's Lighthouse, the Isle of 



Wight, in November 1913; captured in Guernsey the 



following January. 

 Case 457 : ringed as a nestling at Beaulieu, Hampshire, in May 



1 913, and recaptured at Porthleven, Cornwall, the following 



January. 

 Case 458: ringed on the Isle of May in October 1913, and 



taken near Ballymena, Co. Antrim, Ireland, at the end of 



January 1914. 

 Case 459: ringed in Edinburgh in February 191 1, and 



recaptured near Christiania, Norway, in March 19 14. 



Greenfinch, Chloris chloris (L.). 



Only a dozen examples of the Greenfinch have been recovered, 

 and all were captured at the place of marking or within five miles 

 of the same. In only one case (eight months) did the interval of 

 freedom enjoyed by the bird exceed about two months. 



Bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula pileata, Macg. 



We have only one record of this species, viz., a bird ringed as a 

 nestling in the North Riding of Yorkshire in June 19 14, and re- 

 captured near Pickering (four miles away) three months afterwards. 



Chaffinch, Fringilla avlebs, L. 

 The fourteen recovered birds of this species were all captured at 



