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Dr. A. L. Thomson : Results of a Study of [Ibis, 
In 1903, Dr. J. Thienemann (16, 17), Director of the 
German Ornithological Society^ station at Rossitten on the 
Baltic coast, started an important inquiry. The results 
obtained in the cases of the Stork and the Hooded Crow, 
especially, are of great interest. More recently the work has 
been extended to Heligoland (24, 25). 
In 1908, the method was adopted by the Hungarian 
(State) Ornithological Central Bureau (8, 15). Similar 
schemes have also been set on foot in Holland (23), and in 
other parts of the Continent. 
Also in 1908, the method was taken up in the United States 
(1, 4, 5), where, however, it was not previously altogether 
unknown (2, 3), and in the following year an “American 
Bird Banding Association ” was constituted. The rings 
issued by the Association bore the inscription “ Notify The 
AuJc, New York ” and a number. More recently the work 
has been taken over by the Biological Survey of the Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture at Washington. 
Meanwhile some progress had been made in this country. 
Several years ago Mr. Richard Tomlinson (22) began 
marking Starlings at Musselburgh, near Edinburgh. In 
1904, Mr. J. H. Gurney marked a number of young Gannets 
on the Bass Rock (Firth of Forth) with rings inscribed 
“Bass Rock, 1904.” In 1905, Mr. John Hamilton (7) of 
Baron’s Court, Co. Tyrone, Ireland, began marking Wood¬ 
cock with rings inscribed with “ B. C.” and the year in 
figures. Between 1910 and 1916 over 300 Woodcock were 
marked on Colonel W. W. Ashley’s estate in County Sligo, 
as reported by Captain S. R. Douglas (6). Other proprietors 
have also marked Woodcock, for instance Lord Ardil.aun at 
Cong, Galway, using rings inscribed “A. Cong,” while Sir 
Richard Graham has used rings inscribed “ R. G.” for 
various species of Duck (for the most part hand-reared) 
marked at Netherby, Cumberland. In 1908, Dr. C. B. 
Ticehurst (21), following Mr. Mortensen’s methods, started 
marking various birds in the south of England with rings 
inscribed “ Ticehurst, Tenterden.” Various other inquiries 
on a smaller scale have been set on foot at different times. 
