4-90 Dr. A. L. Thomson : Results of a Study of [Ibis, 
distance frorq. those at which the birds were marked, and 
there are only a very few from more distant parts of Great 
Britain. The birds would therefore appear to be either 
definitely sedentary or definitely migratory, in the latter 
case performing comparatively quick journeys rather than 
gradual movements. 
The number of Irish records justifies a supplementary 
analysis of these in more detail, and this is provided in 
Table Y. 
TABLE Y. 
Seasonal Analysis of Reappearances in Ireland of 
Lapwings marked as chicks in Scotland or 
THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. 
Month. 
1 
Ulster. 
Leinster.’ 
Connaught. 
Munster. 
Total. 
October . 
2 
1 
3 
November . 
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1 
1 
2 
4 
December . 
3 
4 
luSI 
1 
8 
January . 
1 
4 
1 
6 
February . 
i 
1 
3 
4 
8 
Total . 
3 
9 
I- 
9 
8 
29 
! 1 
From this table it is evident that the records are evenly 
distributed among the three southern provinces, but are few 
in number in Ulster. The only Ulster records, and the 
majority of those from Leinster, refer to the first half of 
the winter season, while most of the records from the other 
two provinces occur in the second half : this might be 
explained either by a local south-westerly movement during 
the winter or by longer journeys on the part of later arrivals 
from Great Britain, but the numbers, when thus subdivided, 
are rather small to be accepted as significant. 
The following table analyses the same records as were 
dealt with in Table IY., but does so in accordance with the 
ages of the birds at the time of reappearance :— 
