OTES 



RECOVERY OF MARKED BIRDS. 



Blackbirds {Turdus merula). — B.B., No. 6204, marked by Mr. 

 R. Oswald Blyth at Skelmorlie, Ayrshire, on August 8th, 



1909. Recovered at the same place on July 19th, 1910. 

 The bird was caught in the same fruit-nets where it was 

 captured and marked as an adult a year before. 



B.B., No. 2049, marked by Mr. R. Oswald Blyth at Skel- 

 morlie, Ayrshire, on June 6th, 1909. Recovered at the 

 same place on August 8th, 1910. The bird was caught 

 in the same fruit-nets where it was captured and marked 

 as an adult a year before. 

 Song-Thrush {Turdus musicus).^B.B., No. 4998, marked 

 by Mr. J. Steele Elliott at Dowles, Salop, on May 26th, 



1910. Recovered at Bewdley, Worcestershire, on the 

 25th June, 1910. The bird was shot in a fruit-field, and 

 was reported by Mr. R. Crump. 



Cuckoo [Cuculus canorus). — B.B., No. 7152, marked by Mr. 

 R. Oswald Blyth at Goathland, Yorkshire, on June 29th, 

 1910, as a nestling, in a Meadow-Pipit's nest. Recovered 

 at Southend-on-Sea on August 2nd, 1910. The bird 

 was caught in a cricket net, and kept by Mr. G. Larman, 

 who reported the occurrence to me, until August 3rd, 

 when the ring was replaced and the bird released. 



Woodcock {Scolopax rusticula). — B.B., No. 334, marked by 

 Mr. E. G. B. Meade- Waldo at Hever, Kent, on June 1st, 

 1909, as a nestling. Recovered in the same wood on 

 January 6th, 1910. The bird was shot, and was kindly 

 reported by Mr. Meade- Waldo. 



Great Black-backed Gull {Larus marinus). — B.B., No. 518, 

 marked by Lord William Percy at Monreith, WigtoAvn- 

 shire, on June 2nd, 1909, as a nestling. Recovered at 

 Glenluce, Wigtownshire, on May 5th, 1910. The bird 

 was shot, and was reported by Mr. D. J. Matthews- 

 Frederick. 



Black-headed Gulls {Larus ridibundus). — B.B., No. 8820, 

 marked by Mr. J. S. T. Walton at Denton Fell, Cumber- 



