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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 : Messi-s. R. M. Barrington, A. R. Haig Brown, C. T. Cobbold, 

 T. A. Coward, C. Collier, Miss 11. Gamett, Messrs. J. R. B. Masefield, 

 M. Portal, and the Hon. N. C. Rothschild. H.F.W. 



Bl.\ck-headed Gulls (Lams ridibundus). — B.B., Xo. 2(3802, marked 

 by Mr. H. W. Robinson at Ravenglass, Cumberland, on Jmie Gth, 

 1912, as a nestling. Recovered near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, 

 on November 29th, 1912. Reported by Mr. S. Bingham. 

 B.B., No. 27096, marked as No. 26802 on June 8th, 1912. 

 Recovered at Bulk, Lancaster, on November 7th, 1912. Reported 

 by Mr. R. Whiteside. 



B.B., No. 27884, marked as No. 26802 on June loth, 1912. Re- 

 covered at Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendee, France, on November 14th, 

 1912. Reported by I\I. C. Madras. 



B.B., No. 27953, marked as No. 26802 on June 17th, 1912. 

 Recovered four miles west of Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumber- 

 land, on September 26th, 1912. Reported by Mr. J. Brown. 

 B.B., No. 28915, marked as No. 26802 on Jmae 18th, 1912. 

 Recovered at Monkseaton, Northumberland, on November 30th, 

 1912. Reported by Mr. J. W. Dawson. 



B.B., No. 28971, marked as No. 26802 on June 19th, 19i2. 

 Recovered at Eccles, Norfolk, on August 30th, 1912. Reported 

 by Mr. H. Welch. 



B.B., No. 29075, marked as No. 26802 on June 19th, 1912. 

 Recovered at Walney Island, Lancashire, on August 20th, 1912. 

 Reported by Mr. H. G. Sanders. 



B.B., No. 28959, marked as No. 26802, on Jime 19th, 1912. 

 Recovered at Ulverston, Lancashire, on Augast 10th, 1912. 

 Reported by Mr. D. H. Lord. 



B.B., No. 29104, marked as No. 26802 on June 19th, 1912. 

 Recovered at Ferryside, north Carmarthen, on August 29th, 

 1912. Reported by Mr. F. Sharp. 



B.B., No. 27462, marked by Mr. F. W. Smalley at Ravenglass, 

 Cumberland, on June 8th, 1912, as a nestling. Recovered at 

 Urswick, near Ulverston, Lancashire, on August 16th, 1912. 

 Reported by the Rev. T. N. Postlethwaite. 



B.B., No. 27401, marked as No. 27462. Recovered at Freckleton 

 Marsh, Lancashire, on August 19th, 1912. Reported by Mr. 

 F. RadclifEe. 



