OTES 



RECOVERY OF MARKED BIRDS. 



Lapwing (Vanellus vulgaris). — B. B., No. 2282, marked 

 by Mr. J. Bartholomew at Glenorchard, Stirlingshire, 

 Scotland, on June 17th, 1909, as a nestling. Recovered 

 (shot) in the Commune of Aranjuzon, Canton of 

 Navarreux (about twenty miles west of Pau), Basses 

 Pyrenees, France, on November 17th, 1909. 

 This bird was very kindly reported with full particulars by 



M. J. Bequerie of Oloron. 



Woodcock (Scolopax rusticula). — B. B., No. 524, marked by 

 Major H. Trevelyan at Castle Caldwell, co. Fermanagh, 

 Ireland, on July 12th, 1909, as a nestling. Recovered 

 (shot) near Belleek, co. Fermanagh, on November 

 27th, 1909. 

 This bird was very kindly reported by Mr. J. Sweeny, who 



shot it. Mr. Sweeny remarks that it was in good condition 



and weighed over one pound. It appears to have stayed 



very near the place it was hatched. 



Black-headed Gulls (Larus ridibundus). — B. B., No. 3649, 



marked by Mr. H. Gladstone at Penpont, Dumfriesshire, 



on July 12th, 1909, as a young bird. Recovered at 



Carluke, Lanarkshire, on November 27th, 1909. 



This bird was very kindly reported by Mr. G. D. Fordyce, 



who stated that it was one of a "number" feeding in a field. 

 B. B., No. 3210, marked as a nestling by Dr.C. B. Ticehurst 

 near Bala, Merionethshire, Wales, on June 12th, 1909. 

 Recovered at Malton, north Yorkshire, on December 

 5th, 1909. 

 The information regarding this Gull was sent by Mr. 



Donald Walker to the editor of the "Field," who very kindly 



forwarded the letter. Mr. Walker remarks that the bird was 



picked up in a wounded state. 



Teal (Nettion crecca). — Mortensen, No. 1030y, marked by 

 Herr H. C. C. Mortensen on October 19th, 1909, in a 

 duck-decoy (where this bird was caught and liberated) 

 in the Isle of Fanoe, south Denmark. Recovered (shot) 

 on Hayling Island, Hants, on November 24th, 1909. 

 This bird was kindly reported by Mr. Howard Atkins, who 



states that nine other Teal without rings were procured at 



the same time. 



