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make up for losses in other directions. Mr. Robinson, 

 has been able to ring over four hundred and fifty, Mr. 

 Burnier has nearly reached the same total, and Mr. 

 Hobbs over two hundred, while a number of others 

 have ringed over one hundred each. 



FolloMing on the lines of previous reports, I propose 

 to draw attention to some of the more interesting 

 recoveries reported during the year. Firstly, among 

 summer migrants ringed as nestlings, the foll()^\ing 

 appear to be of special interest : — 



Ringed. Reooxered. 



Redstart .. Westmorland, 16/6/' 1.5 Portugal, 1 /lO/' 15. 



Swallow .. .. Cheadle, Staffs. 17/6/' 14 Same place 19/5/' 15. 



,, .. nr. Birmingham, 10/8/' 14 nr. Birmingham, 19/5/'15 



. . nr. Glasgow, 29/6/'14 Skipton, Yorks, 2.3/5/'15. 



^lartiii .. Kinnelhead, 26'6/'1.3 Same place, 17/8/' 15. 



Sand -Martin .. Alderley Edge, 16/7/' 14 Mobberley, 8/6/']5, 



(about 4 miles) 



Wryneck .. Malvern, 29/6/' 14 .. Same place, 23/4/' 15. 



Sandwich Tern . . Fame Is., 15/7/' 14 .. Portugal, 30/9/' 14. 



Common Tern .. Cumberland, 25/7/' 10 Lancashire, 14/8/' 15. 



Of these the Common Tern, ^\-hich was found not very 

 far from its birth-place five years after it was ringed, 

 seems to me of exceptional interest, especially in a bird 

 which undertakes such extensive migrations. 



Among those species which are partial migrants, or 

 rather of which certain individuals migrate, I have 

 picked out the cases in the list below. Most of these 

 show movements, and in all these species we have records 

 of recoveries of other individuals which have remained 

 in the neighbourhood in which they were hatched. The 

 records falling in this class have great interest, and many 

 more facts are required before we can decide the reason 

 or reasons for such movements. All in this list were 

 ringed as nestlings or juveniles. Amongst them the 

 Robin in south Holland and the Song-Thrush in the 

 southern part of Aragon are particularly noteworthy. 



Ringed. Recovered. 



Starling .. Lines., 8/8/'13 .. .. Wilts, 30/ 10/' 14. 



Linnet .. Kent, 29/7/' 15 .. Basses Pyrenees 27 11 ''L'> 



Pied Wagtail . . ^^otts,, 17/8/'15 .. Landes, 1/1]/'15. 



