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the first of these was brought by a native to a French 

 officer near Lake Chad in October, 1906. The other, 

 having left for the south on the 25th or 26th of August, 

 when it had been about a fortnight out of the nest, was 

 obtained that winter near Fort Jameson, in north-eastern 

 Rhodesia : the record came to Dr. Thienemann's notice 

 through a note in the " Field " for January 25th, 1908 

 (p. 150). 



For reasons already explained the returns for the 

 smaller species are disappointing, but there are a few 

 isolated records of interest. A Dunlin {Tringa alpina), 

 for instance, was marked at Rossitten on September 

 5th, 1904, and recorded on the 22nd of the same month, 

 from the Arenholzer See in Schleswig-Holstein. 



The director of the Vogelwarte earnestly requests that 

 anyone finding one of his marked birds, will send him 

 the ring and foot, or at least the ring, with full particulars 

 as to date and place of capture.* 



* The Editors will be glad to forwai^d any information to 

 Dr. Thienemann, and to publish in these jDages the data relating to the 

 capture of any marked birds in the British Islands. 



