BLACK-TAILED GODWIT. 685 



Kingsbury Reservoir, a large piece of water but a few 

 miles north of London, includes three instances of this 

 species appearing there in spring. Living specimens 

 brought from Holland are frequently to be bought in the 

 London markets, and are amusing pets when kept within 

 a walled garden. This species occurs occasionally in Cam- 

 bridgeshire, and, as before stated, in Suffolk and Norfolk. 

 Mr. Selby has noticed their appearance in Northumberland, 

 and Mr. Heysham has recorded two occurrences, both 

 during autumn, in the vicinity of the Sol way Frith. This 

 bird is found during summer in Denmark, and visits in 

 considerable numbers various parts of Scandinavia, parti- 

 cularly Lapland, and going even as far north as Iceland 

 and Greenland. 



On the European continent it is most frequently seen in 

 spring and autumn. It is well known in Spain, and the 

 Zoological Society have received a male and a female in 

 their winter plumage from Tangiers, where they are said 

 not to be uncommon, besides some specimens from Tunis 

 and other localities in North Africa. In Switzerland, M. 

 Schinz says, in his Fauna Helvetica, this species is occa- 

 sionally seen on its passage, and a pair may sometimes 

 remain there and go to nest, as a bird in perfect summer 

 plumage has been taken. It is seen at Genoa and in Italy 

 in May and August, but most numerous in August on its 

 return from the north. In Sicily it is said to be rare, but 

 more common at Malta when on its passage. It has been 

 found in Tripoli. Messrs. Dickson and Ross sent the 

 Zoological Society a young bird of the year from Tre- 

 bizond ; M. Hohenacker, a Russian naturalist, includes it 

 among the birds obtained in the vicinity of the Caucasus. 



Bryan Hodgson, Esq. includes this Godwit in his Cata- 

 logue of the Birds of Nepal, and Mr. Blyth has obtained 

 it in the vicinity of Calcutta. 



