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MARKING BIRDS. 



Progress of the " British Birds " Scheme. 



Notwithstanding the late date at which we started 

 the British Birds scheme for marking birds {see antea, 

 pp. 4-6), so many of our correspondents have come 

 forward to help that we think it must be conceded that 

 an excellent beginning has been made. 



We have issued 4750 rings, and of these nearly 2200 

 have been used to date. The proportion of rings used to 

 those issued is rather disappointing, but this is to be 

 accounted for chiefly through the nestlings flying before 

 the rings reached our helpers. Taking this fact into 

 consideration, we think the total ringed is satisfactory 

 and sufficient to lead us to expect some results, but next 

 year we trust that very much more will be done. We 

 shall be prepared with rings in good time, and we anticipate 

 that many more readers of the Magazine will volunteer 

 to help. We also hope that those who have the 

 opportunity of catching birds throughout the winter will 

 not neglect to ring them. 



A few of our helpers have not yet sent in their schedules, 

 but the following is a list of those who have, with the 

 number of birds ringed by each. Thanks are due to all 

 those who have helped, and particularly to Messrs. 

 H. W. Robinson and F. Smalley, who have worked very 

 hard and have ringed nearly half the total number : — 



Messrs. H. W. Robinson and F. SmaUey (1002), Dr. C. B. 

 Ticehurst (200), Messrs. J. Bartholomew (95), J. R. B. Masefield 

 (94), Bentley Beetham (89), R. O. Blyth (73), T. Hepburn (47), 

 C. H. McCall (44), Dr. N. F. Ticehurst (40), Messrs. H. B. 

 Booth (40), A. Bankes (34), W. E. Suggitt (32), H. S. Glad- 

 stone (28), J. S. T. Walton (24), W. C. Wright (23), A. Geoffrey 

 Leigh (22), C. Oldham (20), A. H. Duncalfe (18), Miss F. 

 Russell (18), Mr. E. G. B. Meade- Waldo (16), Commander H. 

 Lynes (15), Lord William Percy (14), Mr. E. P. Chance (14), 

 Miss E. L. Turner (14), Messrs. J. L. Bonhote (13), H. E. 

 Forrest (13), J. H. Gurney (13), C. K. Siddall (13), H. F. 

 Witherby (13), Stuart Maples (12), Major H. Trevelyan (12), 

 Messrs. F. W.Headley (11), T. P. Greenwood (10), M. Harris (9), 



