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Bird-ringing activities at Marion and Prince Edward Islands are summarized for the period June 1982- July 1987. A total of 6 347 birds of 15 species was ringed during this period and 480 recoveries or recaptures were recorded from the islands. 11 further 25 birds are newly reported as recovered or recaptured elsewhere and 27 foreign-ringed birds are newly reported at Marion and Prince Edward Islands. An overall total of 107 individuals of seven species has been recorded moving from or to the Prince Edward Islands, of which wandering albatrosses Diomedea exulans constitute 46 per cent of the records. Interchange of young king penguins Aptenodytes patagonicus (mainly moulting birds), wandering albatrosses, southern giant petrels Macronectes giganteus and Subantarctic skuas Catharacta antarctica has occurred between the Prince Edward Islands and Iles Crozet, I 068 km apart. However, breeding interchange has only been definitely proven for the wandering albatross. Other movement patterns are similar to those reported in the literature.