170 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



Case 229, ring A.U. 12324: — 



$rd Oct. 1 9 10: caught at night on the shore 8 miles north 



of Aberdeen. (Messrs L. N. G. Ramsay and A. G. 



Davidson.) 

 20th July 191 1 : found dead on the shore at the mouth 



of the Don, near Aberdeen. (Miss Robertson : ring 



returned.) 



Case 252, ring A.U. 635 : — 



26th June 1 910: marked as a nestling a few days old on the 

 Sands of Forvie, Aberdeenshire. (Mr L. N. G. Ramsay.) 



2?id Sept. 191 1 : shot between Stonehaven and Muchalls, 

 Kincardineshire. (Mr A. Malcolm : ring returned.) 



Case 256, ring A.U. 19073 : — 



1st Ju?ie 191 1 : marked as a nestling a few days old on Skip- 

 with Common, 10 miles S.W. of York, England. (Mr 

 V. G. F. Zimmermann.) 



1st Sept. 191 1 : shot near Greatham Creek, north side of river 

 Tees, Co. Durham. (Mr J. Postgate.) 



Case 335, female, ring A.U. 639 : — 



26th June 1 9 10: marked as a half-fledged young bird on the 

 Sands of Forvie, Aberdeenshire. (Mr L. N. G. Ramsay.) 



iSt/z June 1912 : shot on Scotston Moor, near Aberdeen. 

 (Mr J. Mutch : ring returned. Sex ascertained on 

 dissection by Miss L. Florence, M.A., B.Sc.) 



[Le Saint Hubert Illustre for February 1912 reports that a gull was killed 

 at Grandchamp les Bains, Calvados, Normandy, bearing ring "A.U. 17545": 

 information through the editor of The Field. Unfortunately the number reported 

 is incorrect (the ring in question being in fact still in our hands unused), and 

 we have not as yet succeeded in getting a more accurate report.] 



Common Tern {Sterna hirundo, L.). 



Case 2, ring A.U. 4689 : — 



1th July 1909 : marked as a young bird in down on Dumbarnie 



Links, Fifeshire. (Miss E. V. Baxter and Miss L. J. 



Rintoul.) 

 iSt/i July 1909: found with fatal injuries on the shore of 



Largo Bay, Fifeshire. (Fifeshire Police and Aberdeen 



City Police : ring recovered later.) 



