210 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. vm. 



Solway and the Dee as ' home-quarters " and have 

 grouped the recoveries as follows : — 



128 197 



In this table the returns for July and August are 

 separated because in these months there is no doubt 

 a large proportion of birds not old enough to travel 

 any considerable distance, and though we have records 

 of forward individuals having reached even as far as 

 Dorset and France as early as July, over 73 per cent, are 

 reported from " home-quarters " in July and August. 

 On the other hand, although the returns clearly show 

 that many birds stay in their " home-quarters " through- 

 out the winter, it will be seen by a glance at the second 

 set of figures in the table that many (and judging by 

 the actual figures the larger proportion) move away. 



A few go northward on the west coast, but their 

 number is small and with two exceptions they are birds 

 of the year. Most of these have appeared in south-west 

 Scotland and northern Ireland, but two have reached 

 as far north as Dumbarton and one Argyllshire. The 

 majority which move aMay on the western side go 

 southward. 



It will be noticed that even in July and August as 

 many as 15 per cent, have reached the eastern side of 

 Great Britain, while from September to February some 

 36 per cent, have travelled eastwards. It will also be 

 noticed that of those recovered on the eastern side 

 about the same proportion travel south as those found 

 southwards on the western side. As regards those 

 which go northward, their number is small, and they are 

 with few exceptions birds of the year. 



