OTES 



RECOVERY OF MARKED BIRDS. 



Blackbirds {Turdus merula). — B.B., No. 2053, marked by 

 Mr. R. 0. Blyth at Skelmorlie, Ayrshire, on June 24th^ 



1909, as a young bird. Recovered same place about 

 June 18th, 1911. 



B.B., No. 2046, marked as above, on July 17th, 1909, 

 as an adult male. Recovered in same garden on July 

 16th, 1911. Ring replaced and bird released. 



Redbreast {Erithacus rubecula). — B.B., No. 5694, marked 

 by Mr. H. W. Ford-Lindsay at Rett, Sussex, on May 1st, 



1910, as a nestling. Recovered at same place on August 

 19th, 1911. Reported by Messrs. Stephen Bros. 



Great Tit {Parus major). — B.B., No. 39, marked by Mr. N. H. 

 Joy at Bradfield, Berkshire, on January 8th, 1911, a& 

 an adult. Recovered at same place on July 24th, 1911. 



Meadow-Pipit [Anthus pratensis). — B.B., No. 5329, marked 

 by Mr. R. 0. Blyth at Goathland, Yorkshire, on June 

 22nd, 1910, as a nestling. Recovered at same place 

 end of May, 1911. Reported by Mr. C. Peckett, per 

 Mr. W. D. Patterson. 



Rook {Corvus frugilegus). — B.B., No. 21670, marked by Mr. 

 A. G. Leigh at Hampton-in-Arden, Warwickshire, on 

 April 29th, 1911, as a nestling. Recovered at Marston 

 Green, near Birmingham, on August 26th, 1911. 

 Reported by Mr. H. N. Allday. 



Barn-Owl {Strix flarnmca). — B.B., No. 8, marked by Mr. N. H. 

 Joy, at Bradfield, Berkshire, on July 14th, 1910, as a 

 nestling. Recovered at Highclere, Newbury, Berkshire, 

 on July 4th, 1911. Reported by Mr. J. A. Rutherford. 



Merlin [Falco oesaZow).— B.B., No. 22423, marked by Mr. W. T. 

 Blackwood near Peebles, on July 8th, 1911, as a nestling. 

 Recovered at St. Mary's Loch, Selkirk, on August 25th, 



1911, Reported by Mr. F. H. Dickenson. 



Mallard [Anas boscas). — B.B., No. 9147, marked by Mr. T. 

 Hepburn at Old Hall Marshes, Tollesbury, Essex, on 

 May 26th, 1910. The bird was hatched-out under a 

 domestic fowl from an egg picked up on the marshes. 

 Recovered at Elbing, Danzig, west Prussia, on August 

 16th, 1911. Reported by Mr. A. Bohm. 



