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marked both in their breeding piaces and winter quarters, and the 

 markers have associates everywhcre between these piaces, we shall 

 gain reliable results with regard lo one of the ornithological my- 

 sleries: the routes of migration. 



Explanation of the figures. 



Figure 1 (p. 99). Ring-starling (Stnrmis vulgaris) at the nest. (The 

 hind-toe is seen beneath the ring.) 



— 2 (p. 104). Guts made in the tails of hatching ring-starlings 



(Sturnus vulgaris) so as to recognize the hirds on the wing. 



— 3 (p. 106). Feet of marked Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) and 



Teal (Anas crecca). The teal ring shows the ends of the 

 aluminium band squeezed tight together. 



— 4 (p. 107). Rings. — At the top: Band bent as a stork-ring 



and straightened again. — In the middle from the right 

 side: stork-ring from Ungarische Ornithologische Centrale, 

 Budapest. Stork-ring from Viborg 2 mm. thick, and from 

 Rossitten 1 mm. thick, seen from the edge. Ring from 

 Aberdeen. — At the foot: Stick with rings from Viborg. 



— 5 ,p. 110). Marked Stork ((Jiconia alba) just landing on the 



nest. The ring has slipped up the metatarsus; it is not 

 easily perceived when the bird is moving. 



— 6 (p. 113). Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) getting marked. The 



left foot of the Starling has seized the marker's ring-finger. 



— 7 (p. 115). Marked nestling of Goshawk (Astur palumbarius). 



— 8 (p. 119). Marked nestling (with downy feathers) of the 



Black Stork (Ciconia nigra). 



— 9 (p. 123). Dead marked Buzzard (Buteo vulgaris). 



MINDRE MEDDELELSER 



INDSENDTE TIL REDAKTIONEN I 1910—12. 

 SAMMENSTILLEDE 



AF 



O. HELMS. 



Efterfølgende er et Uddrag af de mindre Meddelelser om 

 Fugle, som i Løbet af de sidste 2 Aar er tilsendte Redaktionen. 

 Selvfølgelig vil det i nogen Grad bero paa et Skøn, hvor meget 

 man tager med; nogle vil formodentlig finde, at der er taget for 

 almindelige Ting med, og adskillige Meddelere vil vel savne 

 nogle af de Oplysninger, de har givet. Jeg skal da blot bemærke, 

 at samtlige Meddelelser bliver opbevarede i Foreningens Arkiv 

 og maaske senere kan komme til Anvendelse, selv om de ikke 



