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RECOVERY OF MARKED BIRDS.* 



Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus). — B.B., No. 527, 

 marked as a nestling by Major H. Trevelyan, on an 

 island in Lough Erne, co. Fermanagh, Ireland, on June 

 14th, 1909. Recovered (shot) on January 22nd, 1910, 

 at Athlone, co. Roscommon, Ireland. 



The information of the recovery was very kindly sent to 

 me by Mr. E. Foy. 



Dunlin (Tringa alpina). — Vogelwarte, Rossitten, No. 462, 

 marked as an adult by Dr. J. Thienemann at Rossitten, 

 Germany, on August 3rd, 1909. Recovered (shot) by Mr. 

 H. Brown, Junr., on December 15th, 1909, near Southend, 

 Essex. 



My attention to this was kindly drawn by Mr. T. Hepburn, 

 who forwarded me a newspaper cutting. I communicated 

 with the shooter and Dr. Thienemann, who kindly gave me 

 the above details. 



Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus). — " Country 

 Life," No. 28, marked by the watcher on the Fame Islands 

 in June, 1909. Recovered (found dead) near the Light- 

 house Island near Olhao, Portugal. No date given. 

 (See Country Life, November 27th, p. 758, and December 

 11th, p. 857.) 

 The above record is unsatisfactory, since the dates and other 

 details are wanting. I fear that exact details are not always 

 kept of the rings placed by readers of " Country Life," since 

 " G. P.," the marker of this bird, writes that the bird " would 

 be a Lesser Black-backed Gull. The other birds I put rings 

 on were Puffins." Unless such an inquiry is conducted with 

 strict accuracy it becomes useless and even misleading. 



Wigeon (Mareca penelope). — " 1909, R. G.," marked by Sir 

 Richard Graham, Bart., at Netherby, near Carlisle, 

 Cumberland, at the end of February, 1909. Recovered 



* For previous notes on this subject see supra, pages 179-182, 219- 

 220, 251-2. 



