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TABLE IV. 



Seasonal Analysis of Reappearances op Lapwings marked as 

 CHICKS IN Scotland or the north of England. 



(* All records under these headings i-elate to birds marked in N.E. or 

 C. Scotland.) 



The above table reveals the followino; facts : — 



(a) A few birds are recorded in their native areas through- 

 out the winter : considering the favourable conditions for 

 records, the proportion remaining is probably a small one. 



(h) Greater numbers are recorded from Ireland from 

 October to February, representing about fifty per cent, of 

 the whole list of records. 



(c) Some are recorded from Portugal from October to 

 January : considering the presumably unfavourable condi- 

 tions for records, the proportion of birds these cases represent 

 is probably a large one. 



{d) A few birds are recorded from northern Spain, 

 south-western France, and parts of Great Britain south of 

 the localities of marking, but only, it so happens, in January 

 and February. 



(e) Despite the favourable conditions for records there is 

 an entire absence of reappearances at places only a moderate 



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