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Guinea, and thence onwards to Australia, down both sides of' 

 which continent the species wanders to the termination of 

 its course — Tasmania — many spreading eastwards to New 

 Zealand. Again, a diversion of the migratory stream takes 

 place eastwards from the coasts of China, and the Turnstone 

 from that quarter passes, we may suppose, via the Loochoo 

 Islands and the Pelews into America, over the whole of which 

 region it spreads during the southern summer, being fouud as 

 far off as the Marquesas and even the Galapagos Islands. 

 Scarcely an island in Polynesia has been explored on whose 

 shores it has not been found in the migratory season ; and on 

 Pleasant Island, an outlier of the Gilberts, it is, according 

 to Dr. Finsch, kept in confinement for fighting purposes! 

 As regards Australia, it is noted in Dr. Ramsay's " List " 

 from all the ornithologically examined coast districts but 

 Derby and Dawson's River. In Tasmania it is generally seen 

 about the first week in October, being common, according to 

 the testimony of Dr. Atkinson and Dr. Holden, during that 

 month in the Circular Head District, and along the north-west 

 coast generally ; and the former gentleman informs me that 

 he has occasionally seen stray birds during the winter season 

 in that district. In the south I have met with it on the 

 Actseon Islands in November, but there is no doubt that it is 

 not generally distributed round our coast, and can only rank 

 as an uncommon bird as far as most districts are concerned. 

 In the more northern parts of Europe it is only found on 

 passage, and the same is true of the Black Sea and many 

 ]mrts of the Mediterranean. In the northern districts of 

 Great Britain it is chiefly a spring and autumn visitor, though 

 it remains throughout the winter on the south coast and like- 

 wise in Holland. In Spain and Portugal it is hkewise a 

 spring and autumn migrant. In Tangier and Algeria it is a 

 bird of passage, but on the coasts of the Red Sea Von 

 Hueghlin met with it in May and July, and this naturalist 

 made known the remarkable fact that it has bred in that 

 region, he having met with young birds accompanied by their 

 parents at Ras Belul in September. It has also been surmised 

 that it may breed in the Canaries, as it has been noticed there 

 all the year round. On migration to the Cape it diverts to 

 Madagascar, and I believe it is found in the Mauritius. As 

 regards its range in the New World, we find Major Fielden 

 noticing it during the "'Alert" and '■'■Discovery ' expedition as 

 far north as Smith's Sound from June to September, and 

 accompanied with young broods able to fly on the 12tli August ; 



