OTES 



MIGRATION OF BRITISH WINTER-VISITANT 

 STARLINGS. 



The following two records of marked Starlings have so far 

 not been published except in the German reports : — 



Vog. Rossitten No. 108 : marked in the nest on June 10th, 

 1909, at Lisden, near Wolmar, Livonia, Russia. Obtained 

 about March 20th, 1911, at Farnley, Yorkshire (Thienemann, 

 Journal fur Ornithologie, 1912, p. 160). 



Vog. Rossitten, No. 4116 : marked in the nest on June 10th, 

 1911, at Lisden, Livonia. Shot on December 26th, 1911, 

 near Buckfast Abbey, south Devon (Thienemann, Journ. f. 

 Orn., 1913, Sonderheft, p. 58). 



While on this subject it seems desirable to quote the 

 references to similar cases : Starling marked in Denmark, 

 1904, caught m East Lothian, March, 1906 (Mortensen, 

 Dansh orniih. Forenings Tidsskrift, 1907, p. 152) ; marked 

 in Denmark, October, 1911, and recovered in Norfolk, 

 November, 1911 {British Birds, V., p. 187). 



The records of movements of birds marked in Britain in 

 winter are most interesting when compared with the above. 

 They are : the B.B. Berkshire to Finland record {antea, 

 Vol. VI., p. 13), two Aberdeen University, Scotland to 

 Arctic Norway records {antea, Vol. V., j)P- 101, 129), and 

 another here published for the first time : — 



Aberdeen Univ., No. 16479 : caught and marked at 

 Edinburgh, March 18th, 1911. Recovered at Vaerdalsoren, 

 prov. Trondhjem, Norway, 5th April, 1913 (information 

 in Sandsfjords Blad, 6.V.1913 : ring and fuller details sent 

 later by Mr. A. M. Elstad). 



Further, there is a record of a Starling with a ring marked 

 "U.S. Echnb. 102," obtained in Denmark in April, 1910, 

 but never claimed {Ann. Scot. N.H., 1910, p. 248). 



A. Landsborough Thomson. 



LINNETS NESTING ON THE GROUND. 



In June, 1912, we found the nest of a Linnet {Carduelis c. 

 cannabina) among the growth overhanging a small muddy 

 creek in the neighbourhood of Port Victoria on the Kentish 

 coast. The nest contained five eggs and was considerably 

 below the level of the ground. Again this year, June, 1913, 

 another nest containing five eggs was found by us within 



