214 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. vra. 



Eastern Side. 



Of those travelling north on the east coast, one was 

 obtained, as far as north Aberdeenshire at Fraserburgh 

 (eight months) and another in Perthshire (three months). 

 In the south-east of Scotland one was found dead in the 

 breeding-season on the Harferrig Reservoir GuUery, in 

 Midlothian, one year and eleven months later, and was 

 undoubtedly nesting there. Five others were reported 

 from the counties of Midlothian, Stirling, Kinross, and 

 Selkirk, from one to three months after being marked. 

 ' Sixteen were recovered in Northumberland, all within 

 six months of marking, except one which carried the 

 ring for two years and seven months, and another for 

 fifteen months. From Durham came thirteen returns, 

 all within six months except two, one of one year eight 

 months, and the other fifteen months. North Yorkshire 

 showed nine returns, all Avithin five and a half months. 

 From the West Riding and centre of Yorkshire eleven 

 returns were obtained, the most interesting being a 

 bird found dead in the breeding-season four years and 

 one month later on the Stanedge Moor Gullery in the 

 WeSt Riding, which was without doubt nesting there. 

 Eight of the others were obtained within three months, 

 and of the remaining two one carried the ring for one 

 year and five months, and the other for ten months. 

 From the south of Yorkshire ten returns were made, 

 one two years and two months later, one one and a half 

 years later, and the others within eight months. Four 

 of these were recovered on the same day at the same 

 place in south Yorkshire, and a fifth two days later. 



Eleven turned up in Lincolnshire, one one year and 

 three months after being marked, and the other ten 

 from four to nine months later. A single return comes 

 from Northamptonshire (seven months). 



Six were recovered in Norfolk, all within five and 

 a half months of marking. It may be of interest to 

 state that three of these, aU 1912 birds, were obtained 



