. British birds. Birds. OTES. RECOVERY OF MARKED STARLINGS. Since my last note on tlie recovery of Starlings marked at Bradfield, Berkshire {Brit. Birds, VI., p. 13), twenty-five captures have to be recorded. Only two of these occurred abroad, or indeed more than five miles from the place where they were ringed, viz. :— 31, marked on Jan. 16th, 1911. Was shot at Oudkerk, Friesland, Netherlands, on Feb. 9th, 1914. Reported by H. van Baerdt van Sminia. 16196, marked on Jan. 29th, 1912. Was recovered at Dorfe Flinkow, near Stolp, Pomerania, on March 8th, 1914. It had become entangled wi
. British birds. Birds. OTES. RECOVERY OF MARKED STARLINGS. Since my last note on tlie recovery of Starlings marked at Bradfield, Berkshire {Brit. Birds, VI., p. 13), twenty-five captures have to be recorded. Only two of these occurred abroad, or indeed more than five miles from the place where they were ringed, viz. :— 31, marked on Jan. 16th, 1911. Was shot at Oudkerk, Friesland, Netherlands, on Feb. 9th, 1914. Reported by H. van Baerdt van Sminia. 16196, marked on Jan. 29th, 1912. Was recovered at Dorfe Flinkow, near Stolp, Pomerania, on March 8th, 1914. It had become entangled with another bird in a nestins-box, and falling to the ground, was kiUed. Reported by Mr. Stahl. The following records of birds recovered at or very near the place where marked, add further evidence that some Starlings are strictly resident:— 11419. Marked on Jan. 12th, 1911; caught, and again released on Feb. 2nd, 1912 ; killed June 20th, 1912. 15798. Marked on Dec. 28th, 1911 ; killed Sept. 1st, 1912. 15863. Marked Dec. 25th, 1911 ; caught and again released June 10th, 1913. 15725. Marked Dec. 28th, 1911 ; caught on its nest and again released May 28th, 1912. 15834. Marked Jan. 1st, 1912 ; caught and again released June 18th, 1913. It is probable that these were birds bred in the district. The following young birds in their first plumage, and presumably from the very close neighbourhood, were caught in the trap in June and July, and were recovered some months after close by :— 14956. Marked June 19th, 1911. Shot middle of Nov., 1913. 19835. Marked July 27th, 1912. Found dead one mile away. May 20th, 1913. Besides these, two young birds marked in June, 1913, were shot at the same place in the middle of November of the same Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the origina
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