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Thy [where it breeds]. August 3d and 8th some seen 

 (and tvvo shot) in three places. (K.) 



122. Actitis hj-poleucus, L. — Mudderklire. 



Kjöbenhavn. May 8th one on coast; gth one Inland; 

 i3th, 10,5 P. M., heard passing over garden (heavy rain, 

 S. E. streng); i4th four inland. July igth passing over 

 garden at io,55 P. M.; again 2gth at ii and i i,5 P.M. 

 August 3d some on coast; yth passing over garden at io,5o 

 P. M.; i4th again some to S. or S. W. at 9,10 P. M. ; 2 ist 

 several on coast. (W.) 



Amager. April 3oth one at the pool on Amager Com- 

 mon. On east coast July 4th one, July 24th a few, Sep- 

 tember 5th a pair, (K.) 



Thy. Some in two places, August 20th and 2 5th. One 

 that I wounded from a boat, on falling upon the water 

 several times tried to escape by diving and swimming short 

 distances under water with great agility, not farther than 

 one metre and a half at a time, and at most twenty centi- 

 metres below the surface. (K.) 



Sent from the Lights. August: 3d Hirtshals i (old, 

 in strongly worn dress). iith Läsö Trindel L. V. i (bird 

 of the year). 3oth Kobbergrunden L. V. i (old, in worn 

 dress, only just commencing moult). 



123. Machetes pugnax, L. — Brushane. 

 Viborg. Skals Aa May i4th one. (F.) 

 Thy. In August, in various places: 3d some, i6th 

 three, 22d one, 25th one. (K.) 



124. Tringa cinerea, L. — Islandsk Ryle. 

 Amager. On southern part of west coast September 

 i2th seven (two shot), September 26th two and later ten 

 (three shot). All young. (K.) 



125. Tringa alpina, L. — Ryle. 

 Amager. Northern part of east coast, April i8th first, 

 not a few; April 26th two flocks. July iSth several outside 



