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the neighbouring coast, where M. von Wright describes it to 

 be the most abundant of the family. It breeds on low 

 grounds, in all the islands of the Skargard. According to 

 Swedish naturalists, it is common everywhere throughout 

 Scandinavia, from Scania to northern Lapland. It is very 

 common in Denmark. Migrates. 



It is this bird, as said, and not the common turnstone, as 

 imagined by Linnaeus, that on the islands of the Baltic Sea is 

 called by the fishermen Tolk, or interpreter, because of its 

 shrill cry, whereby it warns other birds of the coming of 

 the fowler. 



The Green Sandpiper (Grd-bent Snappa, Sw. ; T. Ochro- 

 pus, Temm.) was pretty common in my part of the country, 

 though somewhat scarce, according to M. von Wright, in 

 the neighbouring Skargard. It is also pretty common in all 

 the more southern parts of Scandinavia ; but its limits to the 

 northward do not appear to be very well ascertained. It is 

 said to smell of musk, and to retain the odour for a long 

 time after the skin has been stuffed and dried. In Denmark 

 it is rather scarce than otherwise. Migrates. 



The Wood Sandpiper (Gron-bent Snappa, Sw. ; T. 

 Glareola, Temm.) was not uncommon during the summer 

 months in my neighbourhood. It is generally distributed 

 throughout Scandinavia, from the extreme south of Sweden 

 to northern Lapland. M. Malm met with it in abundance 

 at the mouth of the river Passwig, which empties itself into 

 the Icy Sea : as high up, in short, as the pine-woods extend. 

 It is pretty common in Denmark. Migrates. 



Although in plumage this bird most resembles the green 

 sandpiper, its habits would appear to assimilate nearer to 

 those of the redshank sandpiper. Like the latter, it keeps up 



