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Belgium, and France, it either goes no farther 

 to the south-west, or else it has been overlooked ; 

 for neither Mr. Howard Saunders, in his " List 

 of the Birds of Southern Spain," nor the Rev. 

 A. C. Smith, in his "Sketch of the Birds of 

 Portugal," give it a place in the avifauna of 

 those countries. Mr. C. A. Wright states 

 (" Ibis," 1869, p. 246) that he has only obtained 

 a single specimen in Malta. Further eastward, 

 namely, on the coasts of Epirus and Corfu, 

 Lord Lilford found it to be common, and on 

 this account it has been included by Messrs. 

 Elwes and Buckley in their " List of the Birds 

 of Turkey." I am not sure whether it has 

 been met with in Asia Minor, but probably it 

 does not extend either eastward or southward 

 beyond the coast line of the Mediterranean. 

 The observations of naturalists certainly tend to 

 prove that its proper habitat is Northern Europe, 

 and perhaps nowhere is it commoner than in 

 the British Islands. 



