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1919. Reported at Westerham, Kent, on February 

 17th, 1920, by Mr. J. R. Taylor. 



Redbreast [Erithacns r. melopihis). — FY. 63, ringed at 

 Cheadle, Staffs., as an adult by Mr. J. R. B. Masefield, on 

 February loth, 1919. Reported at the same place on 

 May 5th, 1920. 



FS. 26, ringed at Bardowie Castle, Stirlingshire, as a 

 young bird by Mr. J. A. Anderson, on May 12th, 1918. 

 Reported at the same place on April 2nd, 1920, by Mr. 

 J. Cameron, per the Editor of Cage Birds. 



Hedge-Sparrow {Prunella m. occidentalis) . — FY. 71, FY. 81, 

 ringed at Cheadle, Staffs., as adults by Mr. J. R. B. 

 Masefield, on February 25th and May 6th, 1919. Reported 

 at the same place on May 5th and April 5th, 1920. Ring 

 FY. 81 replaced and bird released. 



Swallow {Hirundo r. rustica). — KR. 87, ringed at Torrance, 

 Stirlingshire, as a young bird by Mr. J. Bartholomew, 

 on June 27th, 1919. Reported at Knockdhu, Lake 

 Chrissie, South Africa, in February 1920 by Major 

 J. W. H. Seppings. Published in Cape Times, February 

 26th, 1920. {See Brit. B., XIV., p. 42.) 



Merlin {Falco c. cesalon). — 63,889, ringed at Blackstone 

 Edge, Lanes., as a nestling by Captain A. W. Boyd, on 

 June 22nd, 1919. Reported at Delph, Yorkshire, end 

 September 1920 by Mr. E. Butterworth. 



Buzzard {Buteo b. buteo). — 50,541, ringed in Westmorland, 

 as a nestling by Mr. H. W. Robinson, on June 12th, 

 1917. Reported near the same place in May 1920 by 

 Mr. T. Metcalfe. 



Shoveler {Spatula clypeata). — 37,070, ringed at Southport, 

 Lanes., as a nestling by Mr. F. W. Holder, on May 31st, 

 1917. Caught in duck decoy at Overijssel, Holland, on 

 January 15th, 1920. Reported by Mr. A. B. Wigman. 

 36,718, ringed at Middleton Hall, Tamworth, Warwick- 

 shire, as an adult by Mr. E. de Hamel, on January i6th, 

 1915. Reported near Logstor, Jutland, Denmark, on 

 August 7th, 1920, by Mr. G. Bendtzen. 



Cormorant {Phalacrocorax carbo). — 101,808, ringed at Castle 

 Loch, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, as a nestling by Mr. J. G. 

 Gordon, on June 14th, 1919. Reported at Eastriggs, 

 Dumfriesshire, on June 27th, 1920, by Mr. T. Chapelhow. 

 101,588, 103,062, ringed in the Summer Isles, Ross., 

 as young birds by Mr. D. A. J. Buxton, on July 21st and 

 25th, 1 91 9. Reported at Lochbroom, Ross-shire, on 

 July 27th, by Mr. J. McLeod, and east side of the Isle 



