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 RECOVERY OF MARKED BIRDS. 



The following have kindly sent in subscriptions towards the expenses 

 of the Marking Scheme since the last acknowledgment was made : 

 Messrs. James Bartholomew, A. Bankes, W. Davies, H. S. Gladstone, 

 Mlss a. C. Jackson, Col. R. H. Rattray, and Anonymous. I also wish 

 to acknowledge the great assistance which has been received from Mr. 

 H. W. Robinson, who has most generoush' undertaken the great 

 labour of filling up index cards for the very large number of rings 

 used by himself and Mr. Smalley. — ^H.F.W. 



Starling {Stumus v. vulgaris). — B.B., No. 11125, marked by Mr. 

 W. Suggitt at Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, on October 15th, 1910, 

 as an adult. Recovered at Wijhe, near Zwolle, Holland, on 

 October 4th, 1912. Reported by Dr. W. G. Geesink. 

 B.B., No. 7000, marked by the North London Natural Hist. Soc. 

 at Walthamstow, Essex, on May 20th, 1912, as a nestling. Re- 

 covered at Oak Hill, Woodford, Essex, on October 22ntl, 191?. 

 Reported in Cage Birds, 



B.B., No. 15045, marked by Mr. A. Bankes at Salisbury, Wiltshire, 

 on July 11th, 1911, as an adult. Recovered at the same place 

 on November 8th, 1912. 



B.B., No. 15925, marked as No. 15045 on January 2r.t.h, 1912. 

 Recovered at the same place on October 10th, 1912. Ring replaced 

 and bird released. 

 Lesser Redpolt. {Carduelis I. cabaret). — B.B., No. K329, marked by 

 Mr. T. F. Greenwood, at Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, on July fith, 

 1912, as a nestling. Recovered in the same district during second 

 week of September, 1912. 

 Linnet {Carduelis c. cannahina). — B.B., No. M820, marked by Mr. 

 J. R. B. Masefield at Cheadle, Staffordshire, on July 21st, 1912, 

 as a nestling. Recovered at Oakengates, Wellington, Salop, on 

 September 25th, 1912. Reported by Mr. A. Storey. 

 Chaffinch {Fringilla c. ccelebs). — B.B., No. C533, marked by Mr. 

 J. Bartholomew at Torrance, near Glasgow, Stirlingshire, on 

 November 28th, 1911. Recovered at same place on November 9th, 

 1912. Ring replaced and bird released. 



B.B., No. 4539, marked by Colonel R. H. Rattray at Tonbridge, 

 Kent, on May 3rd, 1910, as an adult female. Recovered at same 

 place on October 20th, 1912. 

 Pied Wagtail {Motacilla a. lugubris). — B.B., No. K702, marked by 

 Mr. H. W. Ford-Lindsay at Pett, Sussex, on June 20th, 1912, as 

 a nestling. Recovered at Blaye, Gironde, France, on October 6th, 

 1912. Reported by M. P. Chassagne. 



