80 RHYNCHASPIS CLYPEATA. 



met with in various parts of Asia and Africa, as well as in 

 America. Both in the latter country and in Europe, it does 

 not in summer betake itself to the arctic regions, although 

 many individuals of the species do, but disperses over the 

 country, some remaining in the southern, others in the colder 

 parts, whether in the interior or near the coasts. The nest 

 is said to be placed on the borders of rushy lakes, and to 

 contain about a dozen eggs, of a greenish-white colovir, two 

 inches and a sixth in length, an inch and a half in breadth. 



