128 BRITISH BIRDS. 



B.B., No. 23583, marked as 23842, on June 12th, 1911. 

 Recovered on the River Usk, near Newport, Monmouth- 

 shire, on September 8th, 1911. Reported b}^ Mr. A. 

 Rogers. 



B.B., No. 23656, marked as 23842 on June 12th, 1911. 

 Recovered on the River Tyne near Newcastle, Northum- 

 berland, on September 8th, 1911. 



B.B., No. 22767, marked by Mr. John Murray at Dhu 

 Loch, Penpont, Dumfriesshire, on June 28th, 1911, as 

 a nestling. Recovered on the Water of Ae, Amisfield, 

 Dumfriessliire, on July 20th, 1911. Reported by Mr. J. 

 Stewart Lyon. 



B.B., No. 22754, marked as 22767. Recovered in 

 Troqueer j)arish, three miles from Dumfries, on July 

 17th, 1911. Reported bv Mr. J. Service. 

 B.B., No. 22959, marked by Mr. J. S. T. Walton at Denton 

 Fell, Cumberland, on June Uth, 1911, as a nestling. 

 Recovered at Dornock, near Arran, on July 25th, 1911. 

 Reported by Mr. J. T. M'Glasson. 



Common Gull {Larus canus). — B.B., No. 21918, marked by 

 Mr. W. I. Beaumont at Stirk Island in the L^Tin of Lorn, 

 Arg3^11shire, on June 16th, 1911, as a nestling. Recovered 

 at Loch Etive, near Connel Ferry, Argyllshire, on August 

 23rd, 1911. Reported bv Miss K. Macgregor. 

 B.B., No. 31981, marked as 21918 on July 12th, 1910. 

 Recovered at Onich, six miles south of Fort William, 

 Inverness -shire, on September 6th. 1911. Reported bv 

 Mr. W. Hay. 



Herring-Gull {Larus argentatus) — B.B., No. 32048, marked 

 by Miss A. C. Jackson at Cromarty Firth, Ross-shire, on 

 July 8th, 1911, as a nestling. Recovered at Torry, near 

 Aberdeen, on September 6th, 1911. Reported by Mr. 

 James Mackie. 



Lesser Black-backed Gull {Larus fuscus). — B.B., No. 

 31383, marked by Mr. H. W. Robinson at Foulshaw, 

 Westmorland, on July 1st, 191 1, as a nestling. Recovered 

 at Deptford, Sunderland, Durham, on August 29th, 1911. 

 Reported by Mr. T. Teal. 



RECOVERY OF MARKED STARLINGS. 



Between January 12th and February 14th this year I caught 

 in cage-traps and " ringed " 568 Starlings {Siurnus vulgaris). 

 Six of them were shot in the close neighbourhood in March. 

 Since the beginning of the breeding season. May 1st, nine 



