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the place of ringing. It may be pointed out that one example was 

 captured two years and eight months after ringing, while others were 

 taken on three, four, and seven different occasions respectively, at 

 intervals varying between one day and two years and five months 

 after being ringed. 



House-sparrow, Passer domesticus (L.). 



It appears from our records that the House - sparrow is a very 

 sedentary species. Forty individuals were recovered, all at the place 

 where they were ringed. The intervals which elapsed between the 

 date of ringing and that of recapture vary from five days to three 

 years and one month. 



Great Titmouse, Parus 7naJor, L. 



This is another species showing few features of interest. 

 Fourteen examples were recovered, all at the place of marking. 

 The birds were captured after intervals ranging from one day to 

 three years and eight months after ringing. 



Blue Titmouse, Pants cceru/eus, L. 



The recoveries of this species number thirty-two, and these 

 were all made at the place of ringing. One of the features revealed 

 by our records is that most of the individuals were recaptured on 

 several occasions. Thus one bird was taken ten times, another 

 nine, while a third is reported as having been captured "almost 

 daily " for a period of two months. The longest interval which 

 elapsed between ringing and final recapture was two years and one 

 month. 



Spotted Flycatcher, Muscicapa striata (Pall.). 



We have only two records of this species, both of which refer 

 to birds ringed at Dalkeith, Midlothian, in July 191 2, and re- 

 captured at the same place in July 1913. 



Mistle-thrush, Turdiis viscivorits, L. 



The only individual of this species which appears in our records 

 was ringed at Castle Howard, Yorkshire, in May 191 2, and 

 recaptured at W^elburn, in the same county, in the following 

 December. 



Song-thrush, Turdiis phi/omehts, Brehm. 



Of twenty-three recovered birds of this species, seventeen were 

 captured at the place of ringing after an interval varying from two 



