VOL. viii.l BEITISH BIRDS MAEKING SCHEME. 163 



Starling 



!Meadow-Pipit 

 Blackbird 



Sono-Thrush . . 



:\Ii&tle-Thrush 

 Redbreast 

 Oystercatcher 

 Lapwing 



Dunlin 

 Woodcock 



Ringed. 

 Lines., Aug. 



Lanes., July 



Lines., Aug. 

 Derby., April 

 Lanes., May 

 June 

 Dumfries. April 

 May 

 Staffs., June 

 In\erness, July 

 Renfrew, June 

 Cheshire, June 

 Dumfries, ]\Iav 

 Cheshire. 12/6/'13 

 Dumfries, 12/6/'13 

 Wilts., 13'(V'12 

 Stirlmg, 3 1/5/' 11 

 Warwick, 22/6/' 11 

 Yorks., 5/6/'13 

 Dumfries, May 



1/5/' 12 

 Xaim, 22/5/' 11 



Recovered. 

 Lanes., Nov. 

 Dec. 

 Kilkemiy, Dec. 

 Landes, Oct. 

 Portugal, Feb. 

 Finistere, Oct. 

 Waterford, Dec. 

 Vendee, Nov. 

 Dublin, Jan. 

 Coi'k, Jan. 

 iNIanche, Nov. 

 Gers, Oct. 

 Cornwall, Sept. 

 Limerick, Nov. 

 Wexford, Jan. 

 Sligo, Feb. 

 Manche. 25/1/' 14. 

 Morbihan, 25/1/' 14. 

 Finistere, 10/1/'14. 

 Asturias, 4/1/' 14. 

 Morocco, 7/1/' 14. 

 Morbihan, 10/5/' 14. 

 Cork, Dec. 

 Galwav, 30/1/' 14. 

 Londonderry, 21/2/' 14. 

 Landes, Nov. 



Yorks., April 



Of adult birds ringed in this country in winter we have 

 the following note^^•orthy records :-- 



Ringed. Recovered. 



Starling .. Berks., lO/l/'ll .. Friesland, 9/2/'14. 



9/l/'12 .. Pomerania, 8/3/'14. 



Mallard .. Wigtown., 28/2/' 13 Swedish Lapland, Nov., '13. 



Wigtown., 4/12/'13. 



Norbotten, Sweden, 12/8/' 14. 

 Kasko, Finland, 17/8/'14. 

 Schevenigen, Holland, Dec, '13. 



„ 28/2/' 14.. 

 28/2/' 14. 

 Teal .. Staffs., 30/12/'12 . 



The ringmg of Lesser Black-backed Gulls in large 



numbers is providing us with a most valuable series of 



records. Since the form of this Gull breeding in the 



British Isles was separated by Dr. Lowe from that 



breeding in Scandinavia, many observers have paid 



particular attention to its status, and opinions are much 



divided as to whether our birds leave us entirely in winter 



or not. A brief summary, therefore, of the records so 



far obtained from ringing these birds may be of interest ; 



unfortunately, hoA^ever, we have not yet any records 



referring to adults. It need scarcely be insisted upon 



* I cannot refrain from drawing attention to the remarkable 

 coincidence of these two records. 



