. British birds. Birds. ores. RECOVERY OF MARKED BIRDS.* Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus).—, No. 527, marked as a nestling by Major H. Trevelyan, on an island in Lough Erne, co. Fermanagh, Ireland, on June 14th, 1909. Recovered (shot) on January 22nd, 1910, at Athlone, co. Roscommon, Ireland. The information of the recovery was very kindly sent to me by Mr. E. Foy. Dunlin (Tringa alpina).—Vogelwarte, Rossitten, No. 462, marked as an adult by Dr. J. Thienemann at Rossitten, Germany, on August 3rd, 1909. Recovered (shot) by Mr. H. Brown, Junr., on December 15th, 1909, near Southend, Esse
. British birds. Birds. ores. RECOVERY OF MARKED BIRDS.* Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus).—, No. 527, marked as a nestling by Major H. Trevelyan, on an island in Lough Erne, co. Fermanagh, Ireland, on June 14th, 1909. Recovered (shot) on January 22nd, 1910, at Athlone, co. Roscommon, Ireland. The information of the recovery was very kindly sent to me by Mr. E. Foy. Dunlin (Tringa alpina).—Vogelwarte, Rossitten, No. 462, marked as an adult by Dr. J. Thienemann at Rossitten, Germany, on August 3rd, 1909. Recovered (shot) by Mr. H. Brown, Junr., on December 15th, 1909, near Southend, Essex. My attention to this was kindly drawn by Mr. T. Hepburn, who forwarded me a newspaper cutting. I communicated with the shooter and Dr. Thienemann, who kindly gave me the above details. Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus).—" Country Life," No. 28, marked by the watcher on the Fame Islands in June, 1909. Recovered (found dead) near the Light- house Island near Olhao, Portugal. No date given. (See Country Life, November 27th, p. 758, and December 11th, p. 857.) The above record is unsatisfactory, since the dates and other details are wanting. I fear that exact details are not always kept of the rings placed by readers of " Country Life," since " G. P.," the marker of this bird, writes that the bird " would be a Lesser Black-backed Gull. The other birds I put rings on were ; Unless such an inquiry is conducted with strict accuracy it becomes useless and even misleading. Wigeon (Mareca penelope).—" 1909, R. G.," marked by Sir Richard Graham, Bart., at Netherby, near Carlisle, Cumberland, at the end of February, 1909. Recovered * For previous notes on this subject see supra, pages 179-182, 219- 220, 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 ori
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