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TABLE IY. 
Seasonal Analysis of Reappearances of Lapwings marked as 
chicks in Scotland or the north of England. 
Month. 
Area 
of 
Mark¬ 
ing. 
North 
of 
Eng¬ 
land. 
i Wales. 
Devon 
and 
Corn¬ 
wall. 
Ire¬ 
land. 
S.W. 
France. 
N. 
Spain. 
Portu¬ 
gal. 
Total. 
May ... 
0 
June ... 
1 
MS 1 
— 
1 
July ... 
2 
: . m ■ 
— ■ 
. My 
l^M ; 
!' - — 
A, 
fflM ■ 
2 
Aug. ... 
6 
: — 
— 
— 
— 
6 
Sept. ... 
1 
— 
flf 
A 
— 
' — 
M 
1 
Oct. ... 
■ W' 
■|. 
— 
3 
.— 
1 
4 
Nov. ... 
2 
—' 
—- 
4 
■ — 
1 
7 
Dec. ... 
1 
— .. 
— 
8 
—. 
2 
11 
Jan. ... 
1 
1 
1 
— 
6 
2 
1 
4 
16 
Feb. ... 
1 
: . 
1 
2 
8 
< _ — 
— 
12 
Mar. ... 
1 
■ AY 
— 
; 
: • — 
— 
1 
Apr. ... 
0 
i Totals... 
1 
15 
2 
2 
2 
29 
2 ! 
1 
8 
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{* All records under these headings relate to birds marked in N.E. or 
C. Scotland.) 
The above table reveals the following facts :— 
(a) A few birds are recorded in their native areas through¬ 
out the winter : considering the favourable conditions for 
records, the proportion remaining is probably a small one. 
(b) Greater numbers are recorded from Ireland from 
October to February, representing about fifty per cent, of 
the whole list of records. 
(c) Some are recorded from Portugal from October to 
January : considering the presumably unfavourable condi¬ 
tions for records, the proportion of birds these cases represent 
is probably a large one. 
(J) A few birds are recorded from northern Spain, 
south-western France, and parts of Great Britain south of 
the localities of marking, *but only, it so happens, in January 
and February. 
( e ) Despite the favourable conditions for records there is 
an entire absence of reappearances at places only a moderate 
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