during the Spring and Summer q/" 1857. 87 



marsh throughout the summer^ doubtless breeding in the vicinity, 

 though we never found a nest. 



54. The Whimbrel {Numenius phaopus), after the 16th of 

 May, was quite as abundant as the last-mentioned species. We 

 found one nest only, June 24th, in which were both young and 



eggs. 



55. The Redshank [Totanus calidris) arrived also May 16th. 

 We took several nests. On June 13th, whilst exploring some 

 islands off Bodo, we saw a bird that might have been either the 

 Green or the Wood Sandpiper ; but we were not so fortunate as 

 Mr. Tristram in finding the former breeding near Bodo, though 

 we searched every likely-looking locality. 



56. The Common Sandpiper [Totanus hypoleucus) we first 

 saw May 20th. It was plentiful round the mountain lakes. 



57. The Woodcock; Scolopax rusticola. 



We saw three birds late in the evening fly over our heads, 

 when we were some distance up on the mountains. They were 

 uttering the cry (something like the croaking of a frog) which they 

 generally use during the breeding-season. 



58. The Great Snipe. Scolopax major. 



On walking across the open part of the marsh, on the 26th 

 of May, we flushed the first Great Snipe. This bird had evidently 

 only just arrived, and did not fly more than a few yards before it 

 settled again. Whenever else we observed this species, it was 

 amongst the brushwood on the borders of the marsh. A few 

 days after, as we were returning from a long ramble in the 

 mountains, on pushing our way over some swampy ground 

 covered with birch-wood and dwarf-willow on the edge of the 

 marsh, our attention was attracted by an unknown note of a bird 

 on the ground, somewhat resembling the smack of the tongue 

 repeated several times in succession. At first we thought it 

 must be some animal ; but, on remaining still for a few seconds, 

 we saw several Great Snipes walking about and feeding within a 

 few yards of us. We watched them for some time, but they did 

 not appear to take the smallest notice of us. 



About the 10th of June we began to search for their nests ; 



