340 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



Mallard, Anas platyrhyncha, L. 



Two birds of this species, ringed as ducklings, were afterwards 

 recaptured, as follows : — 



Case 443 : ringed at Monymusk, Aberdeenshire, in June 191 1 ; 



recovered at the same place in August 19 13. 

 Case 444 : ringed at Cootehill, Co. Cavan, Ireland, in May 



19 12; recovered a few miles away in the following 



January. 



Teal, Anas crecxa, L. 



We have records of only two birds, which were ringed as 

 ducklings. The details are as follows : — 



Case 445: ringed at Thornhill, Perthshire, in June 1912 ; 



captured a few miles away, in the following August. 

 Case 446: ringed at Culduthel, Inverness-shire, in May 1912; 



taken at Stradbally, Co. Waterford, Ireland, in February 



1914. 



Cormorant, Plialacrocorax carbo (L.). 



The only record of this species is devoid of interest. It was 

 ringed at the Shiant Isles, Outer Hebrides, in July 191 2, and taken 

 at Kallin, North Uist, in the October following. 



Wood Pigeon, Cohimba palumhits, L. 



Of the eight recovered birds of this species, all ringed as nest- 

 lings, six were recaptured within a few miles of the place of marking, 

 after a period varying from two months to two years and eight 

 months. Of the remaining two, one wandered from Inverurie, 

 Aberdeenshire, to Montrose, P'orfarshire, in five months ; while the 

 other, ringed at Beith, Ayrshire, in May 19 13, was captured at 

 Shifnal, Shropshire, in the following January. 



Oystercatchek, Hiematopiis ostralegi/s, L. 



The two recovered examples of this species travelled from 

 Aberdeenshire to the west of Ireland. The cases may be given in 

 detail; both were marked as young birds : — 



Case 413: rmged at Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, in June 1912; 



recaptured at Broadhaven Lighthouse, Belmullet, Co. 



Mayo, Ireland, the following August. 

 Case 414: ringed at Drumoak, Aberdeenshire, in June 1912; 



retaken at Blackrock, Co. Cork, Ireland, the following 



October. 



