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hundred each. Others have ringed useful numbers and we 

 have to welcome some new " ringers " and hope that the 

 number will be greatly increased this year. 



As there are many new readers of British Birds, it may be 

 mentioned that rings, schedules and full instructions are 

 provided free of charge to any subscriber who will undertake 

 to use them. Applications should be made to me at 326, 

 High Holborn, London, W.C.i. 



With regard to recoveries these have shown improvement 

 both in numbers and interest, but as the percentages are 

 practically the same as those given in my last report (Sept. 

 1919), it seems hardly worth while to repeat the table here. 

 I would again remind those interested in the scheme that 

 as much publicity as possible should be given to the object 

 of ringing birds, so that rings may be reported with proper 

 details when found. 



In the next number I hope to be able to publish the first 

 of a series of tabulated records of recoveries of each species. 



NUMBER OF BIRDS " RINGED." 

 Messrs. A. Mayall (576), J. Bartholomew (413), H. W. Robinson (407), 

 Dr. H. J. Moon (349), Mr. J. R. B. Masefield (314), Capt. A. Ml. Boyd 

 (200), Messrs. H. J. and D. W. Vaughan (179), Messrs. J. Appleby (136), 

 F. E. Blagg (121), A. C. Greg (90), G. Brown (90), Mrs.M. G.,Miss V., 

 and Mr. D. A. J. Buxton (82), Miss F. Pitt (75), Mr. J. Madden (65), 

 Miss N. H. Greg (54), Mr. R. O. and Miss A. Blyth (52), Mrs. T. 

 Hodgkin (41), Mr. J. G. Gordon (40), Rev. E. U. Savage (34), Mr. 

 C. H. Stobart (33), Lon. Nat. Hist. Society (32), Messrs. R. E. Knowles 

 (28), O. J. Wilkinson (25), T. L. Johnston (23), and many others who 

 have ringed under twenty each. 



