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Bass Rock where, we are told, “hundreds of Gannets have 
never left the Rock; they are flying around and alighting 
on the cliffs in the ordinary summer manner.” There are 
also records of Common Terns sent to Dr Collinge from 
various parts of the east coast in November and December, 
four in the former, five in the latter month. Fieldfares and 
Redwings were very numerous at Corsemalzie (Wigtown- 
shire), and Largo (Pife), while Redwings were unusually 
plentiful at Melrose. .Grey-lag Geese are reported in unusual 
numbers in Wigtown Bay, and a flock of 300 to 400 
frequented Luce Bay all winter, where, Mr Gordon informs 
us, large flocks are very unusual. Several hundreds of 
these birds were seen at Arbirlot, Forfarshire, where they 
are said to be increasing each winter, the first (three) having 
been seen there in 1896. 
RINGING. 
There are very few returns of ringed birds for 1920, and 
these mostly refer to birds found dead at the place of 
ringing, in some cases after a considerable lapse of time. 
To us the most interesting of these is a Blackbird which 
we ringed on the Isle of May with an Aberdeen University 
ring on the 2oth of May tg11, when the bird was four 
days old. It was found dead by Mrs Maclellan on the 
Isle of May in March 1920, Other species found at or 
near place of ringing are a Chaffinch ringed at Torrance, 
Stirlingshire, 22nd June 1919, recovered Balmore, Stirling, 
20th July 1920 (2. xiv. 129); a Redbreast ringed at Bardowie 
Castle, Stirlingshire, 12th May 1918, reported from the 
same place, 2nd April 1920 (2. xiv. 130); a Wood-pigeon 
ringed as a nestling at Torrance, Stirlingshire, 30th April 
I9QI9, reported at Buchanan Castle, Drymen, Glasgow, 
27th January 1920 (2. xiv. 131); and a Lapwing ringed 
at Kinloch Rannoch as a fledgling on 15th June Ig19, 
reported at the same place, 19th August 1920 (2. xiv. 
131). By far the most important of the various records 
under this heading is that of a Swallow ringed as a 
young bird at Torrance, Stirlingshire, on 27th June IgI9Q, 
and recovered at Knockdhu, Transvaal, 28th January 1920. 
