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RECOVERY OF MARKED BIRDS. 

 Lapwing (Vanellus vulgaris). — B.B., No. 2941, marked by 

 Mr. Stanley Duncan at Ferriby, Yorkshire, on July 15th, 

 1909. Recovered (shot) near Broomfleet Island, River 

 Humber, on December 27th, 1909. 

 This bird was very kindly reported by Mr. L. Charlton. 



Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus). — Vogelwarte 

 Rossitten, marked as a half-grown nestling at 

 Rossitten, Germany, on July 5th, 1906. Recovered 

 (found dead) near the River Medina, between Newport 

 and Cowes, Isle of Wight, early in March, 1910. 

 The information of the recovery was very kindly sent to 



me by Mr. H. G. Jeffery. 



Hedge-Sparrow {Accentor modularis). — B.B., No. 991, 

 marked by Miss Annie C. Jackson at Swordale, Evanton, 

 Ross-shire, on November 4th, 1909. Recovered (caught 

 in a mouse-trap) at the same place on March 30th, 

 1910. 



RECOVERY OF A MARKED SWALLOW. 

 On April 12th, 1910, the first Swallow (Hirundo rustica) was 

 seen at 4 p.m. passing the house at Huntbourne, High Halden, 

 Kent, which lies in the line of a small migration-route ; 

 at 6 p.m. a small flight of Swallows passed over to the north, 

 and from it four birds separated, and after flying round the 

 house and settling on the chimney-pots, finally went to roost 

 in a shed where two pairs bred last year. Two days after- 

 wards I caught a Swallow at roost in this shed, almost certainly 

 one of those that arrived on the 12th, and found it was one 

 which my sister had caught and ringed as an adult bird on 

 May 8th, 1909, the bird having come down one of the chimneys 

 into one of the rooms. I may note that there was no mark 

 or injury of any kind on the leg which bore the ring. 



Claud B. Ticehurst. 



