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more than double that of last year, and the largest number 

 he has ringed in any of the ten years he has been ringing. 

 Mr. Robinson, another of our strongest supporters, is a most 

 excellent second with seven hundred and sixty-two, while 

 Mr. Bartholomew (four hundred and sixty-seven), Mr. 

 ]\Iasefield (three hundred and two), and Miss and Mr. Blyth 

 (one hundred and ninety-five) all old supporters, have done 

 excellent totals. We are delighted to welcome back Dr. Joy 

 who has for long been unable to do any ringing owing to 

 illness. Mr. Appleby, Capt. Boyd, Mr. f. Madden, and Mrs. 

 Patteson have again done most useful totals. Then we have 

 to welcome as new to our list the following : — Messrs. J. F. 

 Thomas, R. H. Brown, W. H. Thorpe, J. 8. Elliott, W. 

 Raw, F. J. Mitchell, Mrs. L. Marshall, Major W. W. Higgin, 

 Viscount Cross and Mr. J. Wilcock.* 



As in my last Report I did not give a list showing percentages 

 of recoveries I do so now, but on comparison with former 

 tables it will be seen that the percentages do not greatly 

 differ. There is an increase in the Starling, Mallard, vShag 

 and Snipe, and a slight decrease in most of the other birds. 

 The small percentage of recoveries reported in the smaller 

 migrants is understandable, but it must be remembered 

 that these recoveries, although comparatively few, are almost 

 always interesting. In this connection much more might 

 be done and useful information gained by catching up 

 Swallows when they return. The very small number of 

 Sky-Larks reported has always been a remarkable feature 

 and is difficult to understand. 



Some Percentages of Recoveries. 



Number Number Percentages 



Species. Ringed Recovered °^ 



1909.19. ,o7Z Recoveries. 



Starling . . 

 Greenfinch 

 Linnet 

 Chaffinch . . 

 Sky-Lark . . 

 Meadow-Pipit . . 

 Pied Wagtail 

 Spotted Flycatcher 

 Willow-Warbler 



7,018 424 6.0 



2,792 26 .9 



1,301 15 I.I 



2,859 38 1-3 



1,778 16 .8 



1,265 18 1.4 



721 18 2.4 



795 I -I 



1,872 13 .6 



* Since these totals were in type I have received Dr. Moon's 

 schedules which, owing to his prolonged illness, were delayed. Dr. 

 Moon has ringed 239 birds, but these are not included in any of the 

 totals and must be carried forward to next year. 



