402 THE LONGSHANKS AND THE GODWITS. 



The Black-winged Longshanks (Himantopus rujipes, 

 Bechst. ; H. melanopterus, Mey.) whose proper home is 

 Hungary and other parts of Eastern Europe although never 

 seen in Scandinavia, has in one instance been shot, we are 

 told, in Denmark. 



The Bar-tailed Godwit (Rost-rod Ldng-Nabba, or Rust- 

 red Long-Bill, Sw. ; Limosa rufa, Briss.) was not observed 

 near to Ronnum, but is pretty common, spring and fall, in 

 the neighbouring Skargard, where M. von Wright imagines 

 it nests sparingly. For the most part, however, this bird 

 passes the summer months in the northern portions of 

 Scandinavia. M. Malm found it very common in Enare 

 Lapmark, where, he says, it breeds. In Scania, where I 

 have seen it shot, it is only found during migration ; and 

 from appearing in that province so early as the month of 

 August, it is called the Augusti-Sndppa. This bird is pretty 

 common in Denmark. Migrates. 



The Black-tailed Godwit (Svart-stjertad Ldng-Nabba, or 

 Black-tailed Long-Bill, Sw. ; L. melanura, Leisl.) is said 

 to be confined to the more southern parts of Sweden, and 

 to the island of Gottland, where it breeds. In Denmark 

 it is not uncommon, especially during the spring and fall of 

 the year. Migrates. 



The Woodcock (Mor-kulla, or Moor-maid, Sw. ; Scolopax 

 rusticola, Linn.) was pretty common with us, and bred spar- 

 ingly in the vicinity of Ronnum. It is also pretty common, 

 during the summer, in wooded districts throughout a large 

 portion of the peninsula. It is common in Denmark during 

 migration ; and some few breed in that country. 



Some imagine there are two species of woodcock in Scan- 

 dinavia namely, the Common Woodcock, and what Ger- 



