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on the River Humber, near Grimsby, Lincolnshire, on 

 December 9th, 1911. Reported by 'Mr. S. Bellamy. 



Woodcock {Scolopax rusticula). — B.B., No. 12625. marked by 

 Mr. C. Boiston, per Mr. M. Portal, at Dilston, Northumber- 

 land^ on May 21st, 1911, as a nestling. Recovered at 

 Hexham, Northumberland, on November 25th. 1911. 

 Reported by Mr. J. C. Straker, per the Editor of the 

 Field. 



B.B., No. 12604, marked by Mr. T. Pattison, per Mr. M. 

 Portal, near Carlisle, Cumberland, on May 10th, 1911, 

 as a nestling. Recovered in the valley of the Esk, near 

 Langholm, Dumfriesshire, on December 9th, 1911. 

 Reported by Lord Henry Scott. 



Redshank {Totanus calidris). — B.B., No. 11571, marked by 

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

 on July 5th, 1911, as a nestling. Recovered at Clew 

 Bay, near Westport, co. Mayo, on November 26th, 1911. 

 Reported by Mr. P. J. Doris, the Times, and many other 

 papers. 



Black-headed Gull {Lams ridihundus). — B.B., No. 8769, 

 marked by Mr. H. L. Popham at Scawby, Lincolnshire 

 on May 29th, 1910, as a nestling. Recovered at Denbigh' 

 North Wales, on December 2nd, 1911. Reported by 

 Mr. E. Williams. 



B.B., No. 31121, marked by Messrs. Robinson and 

 Smalley at Ravenglass, Cumberland, on June 27th, 1910, 

 as a nestling. Recovered at Marfleet, Hull, Yorkshire, 

 on December 9th, 191 1 . Reported by Mr. M. W. Compton. 

 B.B., No. 23804, marked by Mr. H. W. Robinson, at 

 Ravenglass, Cumberland, on June 12th, 1911, as a nest- 

 ling. Recovered near Tynemouth, Northumberland, on 

 December 2nd, 1911. Reported by Mr. W. Wilson. 



THE RANGE OF THE BRITISH SONG-THRUSH. 



In the first number of the Club van Nederlandsche VogeU 

 kundigen Jaarbericht. Baron Snouckaert van Schauburg states 

 (pp. 10, 11) that he has come to the conclusion, by careful 

 comparison of specimens, that the Dutch-breeding Song- 

 Thrush is the same as the British form separated by Dr. 

 Hartert as Turdus philome us da kei. Baron Snouckaert also 

 finds that the typical Song-Thrush {T . p. philomelus) occurs 

 in Holland as a migrant. Interesting confirmation of these 

 conclusions is afforded by Mr. P. A. Hens, who, in the same 

 journal (p. 35), states that it is T. p. clarkei which breeds near 



