516 Dr. A. L. Thomson : Results of a Study of [Ibis, 



SPOTTED FLYCATCHEE {M\i,scica'pa grisola Linn.). 

 Two adult birds (Cases 484 and 485) caught on their nests 

 near Edinburgh were recaught at the same place a year 

 later. As this species is completely absent from the British 

 Isles in winter the records are of some interest as evidence 

 of migrants returning to the same breediug-places. 



MEADOW-PIPIT {Anthus pmtensis Linn.). 



One (Case 275), considered by the marker to be a male of 

 the year, was caught, marked and released near Bromford, 

 Warwickshire, on 20 September, 1911, and was shot near 

 Lisbon, Portugal, about 7 December of the same year. 



Witherby (26) has three records of British-bred Meadow- 

 Pipits from south-western France, one from Portugal, 

 and no winter records from the British Isles. (The species 

 is found all the year round in the British Isles, but is known 

 in autumn both as an immigrant and as an emigrant.) 



SWIFT {Apus apus Linn.). 

 An adult (Case 919) caught and marked in its nesting- 

 hole in Ayrshire on 11. 6. 14, was recaught at the same place 

 on 5. 6. 18. 



CUCKOO (Cuculus canonis Linn.). 



One (Case 251) marked as a nestling near Newark, 

 Nottinghamshire, on 30 June, 1911, was shot on the Sea 

 Bank at Boston, Lincolnshire, on 2 September of the same 

 year. 



BARN-OWL (Flammea flammea Linn.). 

 Two nestlings of the same brood (Cases 453 and 454) 

 marked in Staffordshire on 22 July, 1913, were recovered 

 in the same district about 6 January and 4 March, 1914, 

 respectively. 



HERON {Ardea purpurea Linn.). 

 Three marked as nestlings, in Aberdeenshire, Dumbarton- 

 shire, and Yorkshire respectively, were recovered within 

 short distances of the places of marking during either their 

 first or second winters. 



