British-ringed Manx Shearwater recovered in Australia,--The Bird Ringing Committee of the British Trust for Ornithology has received a letter dated 22nd November 1961, which reports that the feathers and bones of a sea-bird "black or dark on top with white under-parts" have been found on a beach near Venus Bay (33°io'S, i34°z8'E) in South Australia. The bird bore a B.T.O. ring, number205.7768, which...

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