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RECOVERY OF MARKED BIRDS. 



Swallow {Hirundo rustica). — B.B., No. A500. marked by 

 Messrs. Robinson and Smalley at Aldcliffe, Lancaster, 

 on June 29th, 1910. Recovered at Villedon, Indre-et- 

 Loire, France, about September 25th, 1910. The bird 

 was found dead. 



CoRMOKANT {PholacTocorax carho). — B.B., No. 8944, marked 

 by Mr. R. M. Barrington on Saltee Island, co. Wexford, 

 on June 26th, 1910. Recovered on Strangford Lough, 

 CO. DowTi, on September 18th, 1910. Reported by Mr. 

 H. T. Malcomson. 



Teal {Nettion crecca). —B.B., No. 3949, marked by Mr. Thos. 

 Hepburn at Old Hall Marsh, Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex, 

 on February 14th, 1910. The bird was reared in 

 confinement from a wild bird's egg at Netherby, 

 Cumberland, and was turned down in Essex when full 

 gro-svn with wing clipped. Recovered on the island of 

 Fohr, off the coast of Schleswig, on August 21st, 1910. 

 Reported by Herr H. Boy sen. 



Common Eider [Somateria mollissima). — B.B., No. 495, 

 marked by Dr. N. F. Ticehurst at Lambholm, Orkney, 

 on June 24th, 1909, as a nestling. Recovered on Isle 

 of Copinshay, Orkney, in February, 1910. The bird was 

 found washed up by the tide, and was reported by the 

 Rev. J. R. Hale. 



Common Snipe {Gallinago cceUstis). — B.B., No. 7776, marked 

 by Mr. Walter Wilson at Elslack, Yorkshire, on May 30th, 

 1910, as a nestling. Recovered at Skipton, Yorkshire, 

 on September 3rd, 1910. Reported by Major Tempest. 



Common Terns {Sterna fluviatilis). — B.B., No. 20157, marked 

 by Messrs. Robinson and Smalley at Ravenglass, Cum- 

 berland, on July 14th, 1910, as a nestling. Recovered 

 on the River W,yre, at Poulton le Fylde, Lancashire, on 

 September 4th, 1910. Reported by Mr. Arthur Plant. 

 B.B., No. 20379, marked by Messrs. Robinson and 

 Smalley at Ravenglass, Cumberland, on July 23rd, 1910, 

 as a nestling. Recovered at the estuary of the River 

 Ribble, Lancashire, on September 4th, 1910. Reported 

 by Mr. John Wright. 

 B.B., No. 20407, marked by Messrs. Robinson and 



