512 Dr. A. L. Thomson : Results of a Study of [Ibis, 
forty-four recorded birds all reappeared at the places 
where they were marked, or at most two or three miles 
distant. 
Of three birds marked in Scotland in summer, one marked 
as an adult and one as a nestling were recovered in the 
following winter, and one marked as a nestling was recovered 
in summer two years later. Of birds caught and marked in 
Edinburgh during the period December-March, in various 
calendar years, twenty-eight reappeared in the same winter, 
four in their first spring (April), and six in the following 
winter. In several instances the birds were recorded more 
than once. There are also three other isolated records of 
little interest. 
As most of the birds were marked in winter the results 
recorded above do little to help to differentiate the native 
birds from those that are winter visitors from the Continent. 
GOLDFINCH (Carduelis carduelis Linn.). 
One (Case 847) marked as a nestling near Dawlish, 
Devonshire, on 5 August, 1913, was found dead at the 
same place on 4 February, 1915. 
CHAFFINCH (.Fringilla ccelebs Linn.). 
All the reappearances of marked birds of this species 
refer to the respective localities of marking, in most cases 
actually to the same gardens. One bird caught and marked 
in summer in Argyllshire was recovered in the third winter; 
one marked as a nestling in Kincardineshire was recovered 
in the same summer ; one marked as a nestling in Devon 
was recovered in the following summer; one marked as a 
nestling in Hampshire reappeared four times in its first 
winter ; and one caught and marked in Hampshire in 
summer reappeared once in the second winter and twice in 
the third. 
Of birds caught and marked in Hampshire in winter, three 
reappeared there in the same winter and six in the following 
one : one of the latter also reappeared in September nearly 
four years after the date of its marking. One of these birds 
reappeared no less than seven times during a single season. 
