. British birds. Birds. OTES. RECOVERY OF MARKED BIRDS. In our last number I appealed for subscriptions towards the expenses of the " British Birds' Marking Scheme," which has now grown to such large proportions, and I have to acknowledge the receipt of generous donations from the following :—Major-General V. Hatton, Mr. R. 0. Blyth, Mr. H. L. Popham, Mr. H. S. Greg and Mr. H. S. Gladstone. Further subscriptions will be welcome.— Hedge-Sparrow {Accentor modularis).—, No. A975, marked by Mr. Norman H. Joy at Bradfield, Berkshire, on July 1st, 1910, as an adult. Recovered at
. British birds. Birds. OTES. RECOVERY OF MARKED BIRDS. In our last number I appealed for subscriptions towards the expenses of the " British Birds' Marking Scheme," which has now grown to such large proportions, and I have to acknowledge the receipt of generous donations from the following :—Major-General V. Hatton, Mr. R. 0. Blyth, Mr. H. L. Popham, Mr. H. S. Greg and Mr. H. S. Gladstone. Further subscriptions will be welcome.— Hedge-Sparrow {Accentor modularis).—, No. A975, marked by Mr. Norman H. Joy at Bradfield, Berkshire, on July 1st, 1910, as an adult. Recovered at the same place on November 22nd, 1910. Starling (Sturnus vulgaris).—, No. 11,774, marked by Mr. W. E. Suggitt at Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, on September 10th, 1910. Recovered at Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire, on December 10th, 1910. Reported by Mr. M. Ormond. Teal {Nettion crecca).—, No. 3939, marked by Mr. Thos. Hepburn at Old Hall Marsh, Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex. The bird was caught up with others at Netherby, Cum- berland, and was in all probability bred there. It was turned do\\'n in Essex when full grown with wing clipped. Recovered at Netherby, Cumberland, at the end of November, 1910. Reported by Sir Richard Graham, Bart. This bird has thus returned to its place of origin apparently by a cross-country journey—a most remarkable record. Another bird of the same lot was reported from the coast of Schleswig in August (c/. antea, p. 178). Black-headed Gulls [Larus ridibundus).—, No. 30,182, marked by Messrs. Robinson and Smalley at Ravenglass, Cumberland, on June 11th, 1910, as a nestling. Recovered near Le Faou, rade de Brest, Finistere, France, on December 1st, 1910. Reported by Dr. L. Veillet. , No. 9583, marked by Major H. A. F. Magrath, at Loch Spynie, near Elgin, on June 4th, 1910, as a nestling. Recovered on Sanday, Orkney Islands, on November 26th, 1910. Reported by Mr. T. Wilson. , No. 30,010, marked by Messrs. Robinson and Smalley at
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