342 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



Woodcock, Scolopax rusticola, L. 

 Fifteen ringed birds of this species were recovered, all having 

 been marked as young birds. Of these, ten were recaptured at the 

 place of marking, or within a few miles. The period which elapsed 

 in these cases between the times of ringing and recapture varied 

 from four months to one year and seven months. 



The remaining five cases are of more interest, and may 

 be given in detail : — 



Case 416: ringed near Stirling in May 1912 ; captured 

 at Lanoe, Yvignac, C6tes-du-Nord, France, in the following 

 November. 

 Case 417: ringed near Castle Carrock, Cumberland, in June 

 191 2 ; recovered near Dunmanway, Co. Cork, Ireland, in 

 November 1912. 

 Case 418: ringed near Stirling in May 1912 : recovered near 



Castledownbere, Co. Cork, Ireland, in December 19 12. 

 Case 419: ringed near Castle Carrock, Cumberland, in June 

 1912 ; recovered at Derry, Rosscarberry, Co. Cork, Ireland, 

 in December 191 2. 

 Case 426: ringed at Achnacloich, Argyllshire, in June 1912; 

 recaptured at Cushendall, Co. Antrim, Ireland, in February 

 1914. 



Common Tern, Stenia hirundo, L. 



The two recovered individuals of this species were ringed 

 at the Sands of Forvie, Aberdeenshire, in July 19 r 2. One was 

 captured near Ellon, in the' same county, six weeks afterwards ; 

 while the other travelled south to Bo'ness, in West Lothian, where 

 it was taken in September of the same year. 



Little Tern, Sterna miiiula, L. 

 The only record we have of this species is of a bird (Case 678) 

 ringed as a chick at Kilnsea, Yorkshire, in July 1914, and recaptured 

 in Portugal in the following September. 



Black-headed Gull, Larus ridibundus, L. 

 Fifteen birds of this species were recovered. Eight of these 

 were recaptured in the county in which they were ringed, though 

 none in the actual locality. Six birds wandered into adjoining 

 counties, while one, ringed at the Sands of Forvie, Aberdeenshire, 

 in July 1913, was retaken near Crossgar, Co. Down, Ireland, in the 

 following December. The intervals which elapsed between 

 ringing and recapture varied from sixteen days to eight months. 



Common Gull, Larus camts, L. 

 One bird was recovered. It was ringed as a young bird (Case 376) 



