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forty-four recorded birds all reappeared at the places 

 where they were marked, or at most two or three miles 

 distant. 



Of three birds marked in Scotland in summer, one marked 

 as an adult and one as a nestling were recovered in the 

 following- winter, and one marked as a nestling was recovered 

 in summer two years later. Of birds caught and marked in 

 Edinburgh during the period December-March, in various 

 calendar years, twenty-eight reappeared in the same winter, 

 four in their first spring (April), and six in the following 

 winter. In several instances the birds were recorded more 

 than once. There are also three other isolated records of 

 little interest. 



As most of the birds were marked in winter the results 

 recorded above do little to help to differentiate the native 

 birds from those that are winter visitors from the Continent. 



GOLDFINCH {Carduelis carduelis Linn.). 

 One (Case 847) marked as a nestling near Dawlish, 

 Devonshire, on 5 August, 1913, was found dead at the 

 same place on 4 February, 1915. 



CHAFFINCH {Fringilla ccelebs Linn.). 



All the reappearances of marked birds of this species 

 refer to the respective localities of marking, in most cases 

 actually to the same gardens. One bird caught and marked 

 in summer in Argyllshire was recovered in the third winter ; 

 one marked as a nestling in Kincardineshire was recovered 

 in the same summer : one marked as a nestlint;: in Devon 

 was recovered in the following summer ; one marked as a 

 nestling in Hampshire reappeared four times in its first 

 winter ; and one caught and marked in Hampshire in 

 summer reappeared once in the second winter and twice in 

 the third. 



Of birds caught and marked in Hampshire in winter, three 

 reappeared there in the same winter and six in the folio wing- 

 one : one of the latter also reappeared in September nearly 

 four years after the date of its marking. One of these birds 

 reappeared no less than seven times during a single season. 



