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TABLE XYII. 
Summary of Reappearances of Starlings marked as 
NESTLINGS IN GREAT BRITAIN. 
Reported from near place of marking- (maximum distance 25 miles). 
Numbers reported. 
Season of reappearance. 
4 
Summer of marking. 
3 
First winter. 
1 
Second summer. 
2 
Second winter. 
3 
Third summer. 
1 
Fourth summer. 
Reported at a distance from place of marking. 
Case 457 : Marked at Beaulieu, Hampshire, on 19.5.13 ; 
shot at Porthleven, Cornwall, on 17.1.14. 
Of Starlings caught and marked in summer in Great 
Britain otherwise than as nestlings, three reappeared in the 
summer of marking, three in their first winter, and one in 
its second summer, in every case at or near the place of 
marking. 
Taking these latter records and those summarised in 
Table XYII., it is at once evident that at least some of the 
native Starlings are stationary and that there is little 
evidence of even local movements of more than a few miles. 
In one case, only, a journey of about 130 miles was per¬ 
formed. The number of birds marked seems sufficiently 
high, and the chance of recoveries being reported sufficiently 
good, for the absence of other records to be regarded as 
significant. 
