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2. Marked on June 26, 1909, ring no. 1415, at Bogy din, 

 45° 25' N. Lt., 36° 45' E. Lg. Killed on November 22, 1909, 

 at Lake Banngher, Ermelo district, Transvaal, about 26° 30' 

 S. Lt., 48° 0' E. Lg. Distance about 8100 kms. Reported 

 by Mr. E. Pearce in East London Daily Dispatch, 

 December 1, 1909, and Mr. H. Meyer in De Volkstem of 

 December 6, 1909. 



3. Marked on June 26, 1909, ring no. 1432, also at 

 Bogi/dn. Killed on November 28, 1909, at Glencoe Junction, 

 Natal, about 28° 20' S. Lt., 48° 0' E. Lg. Distance about 

 8300 kms. Reported by Mr. George E. Matthews. 



4. Marked on July 5, 1909, ring no. 2034, at Rakamaz, 

 48° 10' N. Lt., 39° 10' E. Lg. Killed on December 14, 

 1909, at Lehloemjas, Morija, Basutoland, about 29° 40' S. Lt., 

 45° 30' E. Lg. Distance about 8750 kms. Reported by 

 Mr. Miles Capstiek, Jr. 



5. Marked on July 13, 1909, ring no. 2298, at Rety 

 45° 50' N. Lt., 43° 40' E. Lg. Killed on December 1909 at 

 SeneJcal, Orange River Colony, about 28° 20' S. Lt., 27° 30' 

 E. Lg. Distance about 8500 kms. Reported by Mr. P. 

 Stahl. 



Issued at the Royal Hungarian Central Bureau for Ornithology, 

 Budapest, Hungary, on January 20, 1910. 



The Pre-Nuptial Plumage of the Sanderling. — At the 

 meeting of the British Association at Winnipeg last year, 

 Dr. C. J. Patten read a paper on the pre-nuptial plumage of 

 the Sanderling (Catidris arenaria), of which the following 

 is an abstract : — 



It may be well to state very briefly what led up to this 

 investigation. Repeated observations on the Sanderling 

 during its vernal migration shew that the species occurs in 

 varying numbers throughout the breeding-season on different 

 parts of the British coast. A certain proportion of the 

 migrants, pushing northward, appear to sojourn with us 

 during the summer. These birds, while assuming what 

 might easily be mistaken for the nuptial plumage, shew no 

 evidence that they remain to breed, for the flocks keep to 



