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2. Marked on June 26, 1909, ring no. 1415, at Bogyan , 
45° 25' N. Lt., 36° 45' E. Lg. Killed on November 22, 1909, 
at Lake Banagher, Ermelo district, Transvaal, about 26° 30' 
S. Lt., 48° 0' E. Lg. Distance about 8100 kms. Reported 
by Mr. E. Pearce in East London Daily Dispatch, 
December 1, 1909, and Mr. H. Meyer in De Yolkstem of 
December 6, 1909. 
3. Marked on June 26, 1909, ring no. 1432, also at 
Bogyan. Killed on November 28, 1909, at Glencoe Junction, 
Natal, about 28° 20' S. Lt., 48° O' E. Lg. Distance about 
8300 kms. Reported by Mr. George E. Matthews. 
4. Marked on July 5, 1909, ring no. 2054, at Rakamaz, 
48° 10' N. Lt., 39° 10' E. Lg. Killed on December 14, 
1909, at Lehloenyas, Morija, Basutoland, about 29° 40' S. Lt., 
45° 30' E. Lg. Distance about 8750 kms. Reported by 
Mr. Miles Capstiek, Jr. 
5. Marked on July 13, 1909, ring no. 2298, at Retry, 
45° 50' N. Lt., 43° 40' E. Lg. Killed on December 1909 at 
Senekal , Orange River Colony, about 28° 20' S. Lt., 27° 30' 
E. Lg. Distance about 8500 kms. Reported by Mr. P. 
Stahl. 
Issued at the Royal Hungarian Central Bureau for Ornithology, 
Budapest, Hungary, on January 20, 1910. 
The Pre-Nuptial Plumage of the Sanderling .— At the 
meeting of the British Association at Winnipeg last year, 
Dr. C. J. Patten read a paper on the pre-nuptial plumage of 
the Sanderling (Calidris arenaria), of which the following 
is an abstract :— 
It may be well to state very briefly what led up to this 
investigation. Repeated observations on the Sanderling 
during its vernal migration shew that the species occurs in 
varying numbers throughout the breeding-season on different 
parts of the British coast. A certain proportion of the 
migrants, pushing northward, appear to sojourn with us 
during the summer. These birds, while assuming what 
might easily be mistaken for the nuptial plumage, shew no 
evidence that they remain to breed, for the flocks keep to 
