402 



Dr. A. L. Thomson : Results of a Stiuh/ of [Il)is, 



The above table has been retained mainly as an exam})le o£ 

 the method employed, for, as has already been pointed out, ex- 

 cessive sub-division of the available total renders the separate 

 items too small to be regarded as quantitatively significant. 



Witherby (26) has a number of records, not yet published 

 in collected or analysed form, of a similar nature to those 

 dealt with in this section. 



III.— THE" WOODCOCK [Scuhpax rusticola Linn.): 

 ANALYSIS OF RECORDS. 

 As in the case of the previous species, the Woodcock is 

 found in the British Isles throughout the year, but is known 

 as a miorant to our coasts and from our coasts both in 

 autumn and in spring. The problem is again, therefore, 

 largely that of distinguishing the movements of the native 

 birds from those of the winter visitors and birds of passage. 



The results show several interesting features, and the 

 details of the nimibers marked, together with a complete list 

 of the reappearances, are accordingly given in this instance 

 also. 



TABLE VIII. 

 Numbers of Woodcock Marked and Recovered. 



