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There is no proof therefore from these records that this 

 Gull remains in the British Isles during the winter. 



Recovered abroad. — Seventy-one have been reported from 

 abroad. Of these forty-six were ringed at the Fames, twenty- 

 four at Foulshaw and one in the Scilly -Isles. 



Eight have been recovered on the west coast of France, 

 six of these being from August to October in the year of 

 ringing, the earliest on August 23rd (ringed Foulshaw July 

 8th) ; one was reported in July of the next year and one on 

 April 26th three years afterwards. 



One was reported from Vigo, north Spain, in February 

 following ringing. 



Forty-eight have been reported from Portugal, and for this 

 excellent result we are chiefly indebted to Mr. W. C. Tait, of 

 Oporto, who has made the scheme known in Portugal and has 

 advised us in most cases of details of recoveries. Forty of 

 these birds have been recovered in the autumn or winter 

 following ringing, the earliest being on September 22nd. One 

 was reported in November in the second winter, one in 

 October in the third winter, one in November in the fourth 

 winter and one in January in the fifth winter. In spring and 

 summer we have the following records : three in March, one 

 year, two years and three years after ringing, and one in July 

 a year after ringing. 



Three have been recorded from south-west Spain, one in 

 December of the same year, one on March igth of the following 

 year and one on March 20th three years after ringing. One 

 has also been reported from the Straits of Gibraltar in 

 January following ringing. 



Judging by the records, some birds enter the Mediterranean, 

 while others pass dowoi the west coast of Africa. Of those 

 entering the Mediterranean we have six records as follows : 

 One Murcia and two Valencia in east Spain in January and 

 April of the following year and in November of the second 

 winter ; two from the Algerian coast, both near Oran in 

 December of the first and second winters ; and finally one 

 in Sardinia on November 5th of the same year as ringing. 



Of those travelling down the west coast of Africa we have 

 four records, viz. : Casablanca and Cape Juby in Marocco in 

 the following winter, the Cape Juby bird having reached that 

 place nearly two thousand miles away on November 13th 

 three and a half months after it was ringed. Another is 

 recorded from Lanzarote, one of the eastern Canaries Islands, 

 in January of the following winter. The farthest south is 

 recorded from St. Louis, Senegal, where the bird was found 

 on April i8th in the ye^x following ringing. 



