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One was reported from co. Mayo in October of the 

 same year, this being the first recovered in Ireland. 



In England in the same year the latest date given in 

 last year's report was Oct. 20th, but in 1914 we had 

 Durham Oct. 20. Northumberland Oct. 27, 29. and 

 Nov. 2. 



On the West African coast we have a record of one 

 recovered at St. Louis, Senegal, on April 18th, 1915, 

 the bird having been marked as a nestling in August, 

 1914. This is some eight hundred miles or more further 

 south than any previous record. 



This year we have had some records for the first 

 time from the Mediterranean, viz. : Straits of Gibraltar, 

 Jan. 1915; Valencia, April 1915; Oran, Dec. 1914; 

 and Sardinia, Nov. 1914, all having been ringed in 

 August, 1914. 



A brief summary of the ringed Cormorants \\-hich 

 have been reported may prove of interest, as fairly 

 large numbers have been ringed and a large proportion 

 recovered. 



Of those ringed in the Saltees in the south of Ireland, 

 a good many have been reported throughout the follomng 

 autumn and Avinter all round the Irish coasts, one as far 

 north as Argyllshire and another in Ayrshire. Others 

 have reached Cornwall and Devon, while six have been 

 reported from France, viz. : Cotes du Nord (Sept.), 

 Brittany (Aug. 31), Morbihan (Aug. 7 and Feb.), Finistere 

 (Nov.), and one as far south as Portugal (Sept.). 



A large number have also been ringed at the Fame 

 Islands, Northumberland. A good many of these have 

 been reported throughout the following autumn and 

 winter from Northumberland and Yorkshire, and four 

 reached as far north as Fifeshire. Others, on the other 

 hand, have proceeded south and apparently right round 

 to the western side, for we have had them reported 

 during the autumn and Avinter from Kent, Isle of Wight, 

 Devon, Cornwall, Glamorgan, Carmarthen and Lancashire. 

 One was found dead in the following May near Leicester. 



