THE JACKSNIPE TN NORWAY. 165 



It is called here the smaa-bekkasin, or small snipe. It 

 is supposed that a few birds of this species do not 

 migrate, but pass the winter in the south of Norway. 

 Temminck is of opinion that this bird breeds in the 

 environs of St. Petersburg. It certainly does so in 

 Norwegian and Swedish Lapland. Kjgerbolling affirms 

 that it breeds in Denmark. 



Nilsson says that the eggs are of a pale yellow, or 

 gray-olive-green, marked with brown spots. 



