RECOVERY OF MARKED BIRDS. 



Out of a number of Lapwings (Vanellus vulgaris), 

 marked as young birds during the summer of 1910, 

 in the north-east of Scotland (all within twenty miles 

 of Aberdeen), the following interesting " recoveries " 

 have been reported : — 



Ko. 



A.U. 14077 



A.U. 12730 

 A.U. 8545 



A.U. 12731 



A.U. 14370 

 A.U. 14699 



Date. 



Oct. (?) IQlOf 



About 

 Nov. 18, 1910 



Aboil h 

 Nor. 22, 1910 



Dec. 29, 1910 



About 

 Feb. 5, 1911 



Feb. 13, 1911 



Locality. 



20 miles N. of 

 Oporto, Portugal 



Thurles, co. Tip- 

 perarj, Ireland 



Frenclipark, co. 

 Roscommon, 



Ireland 



Elvag, Alemtejo, 

 Southern Portugal 



Michael stown, co. 

 Cork, Ireland 



Croagli, CO. Lim- 

 erick, Ireland. 



Name of Marker and 

 Reporter.* 



Lt.-Col. A. Y. Ander- 

 son 

 Mr. W. C. Tait 



Mr. W. W. Nicol 

 Mr. James Rjan 



Mr. Sidney Harris 

 Mr. L. N. Gr. Ramsay 



Mr. W. W. Nicol 

 Mr. Joao F. da Silva 

 Miranda 



Capt. W. H. Ritcbie 

 Mr. J. A. Fraser 



Lt.-Col, A.Y.Ander- 

 son 

 Mr. George Sherwood 



With these may be compared the records of Lapwings 

 (marked with British Birds rings) which travelled from 

 Stirlingshire to co. Kilkenny, Ireland, and to Basses 

 Pyrenees, France, respectively (cf. British Birds, Vol. 

 IV., p. 336; Vol. III., p. 251). 



Over a hundred Herring-Gulls {Larus argentatus) 

 were marked as young birds by Mr. Lewis N. G. Ramsay 

 and others, during the summer of 1910, at two localities 

 on the Aberdeenshire Coast (Hummel Craig, ColHeston, 



* Marker's name first in each case. 



t The date seems early when compared with the other records and 

 with Mr. Eagle Clarke's statement, that there is no evidence of south- 

 ward emigration from the British Isles before November {British 

 Association Report, 1902, p. 280) : but as this record was not reported 

 till several months afterwards, too much importance need not be given 

 to the approximate date assigned. 



