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locality early in July. Mr. Heysliam of Carlisle has also 

 recorded the occurrence of a very beautiful male in nearly 

 complete summer plumage, which was met with on Rock 

 Cliff salt-marsh on the 27th of May 1833 : the stomach con- 

 tained the remains of shrimps and sandhoppers. In the autumn 

 of 1834 a considerable flock frequented the same locality: 

 the specimens killed were young birds of the year. 



During autumn these birds in small flocks are not uncom- 

 mon in various localities. Mr. Thompson says this species 

 is a regular summer visitant to Ireland. It is seen about 

 the same period in Cornwall, Devonshire, and Hampshire. 

 More than twenty were exposed for sale on the same day in 

 Leadenhall market in London, in September 1837. It 

 occurs also during autumn in small flocks in Kent, Norfolk, 

 Durham, and Northumberland. Sir William Jardine has 

 met with it in Dumfries-shire, and it has been seen in small 

 parties on the shores and rocks of Scotland. 



According to M. Nilsson this species visits Sweden, 

 remaining there from spring to autumn, frequenting the 

 eastern part of Scandinavia, but has not been met with by 

 Mr. Dann in the western parts. The Red Sandpiper of Pen- 

 nant''s Arctic Zoology is this species in its summer plumage, 

 which is there stated to visit the shores of the Caspian Sea, 

 Lake Baikal, and especially the mouth of the Don. 



M, Temminck says this bird breeds occasionally in Hol- 

 land, and that the eggs are yellowish white, spotted with 

 dark brown ; but the birds are chiefly seen on their passage in 

 the more southern parts of the European Continent, some 

 of them remaining in Sardinia during winter, going north- 

 ward in May. The Zoological Society have received speci- 

 mens from Tangiers, where, however, they are said to be 

 rare. It inhabits other parts of North Africa, going as far 

 south as Senegal and even to the Cape. The Zoological 

 Society have also received examples of this bird sent by 



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