410 THE KNOT AND THE RED LOBEFOOT. 



as many as four, glossy, of a pale-yellow colour, and marked 

 with grey, red-brown and dark-brown spots. Migrates. 



The Little Stint (Liten Strand-Vipa, Sw. ; T. minuta, 

 Leisl.) was not uncommon with us in the autumn. M. von 

 Wright says, that when it appears in the neighbouring 

 Skargard, it is generally in company with the dunlin. During 

 spring and fall, according to Nilsson, it may be seen in 

 flocks of thousands on the coast of Scania. It is believed 

 to breed in the far north ; but as with Temminck's Stint, 

 no one, as yet, seems to have met with its nest in the 

 peninsula. Though found during migration in Denmark, it 

 does not breed there. Kjaerbolling, however on what 

 authority I know not says that it lays three or four 

 eggs ; the ground-colour being light olive-green, marked 

 with diminutive, pale red-grey, and larger brown spots and 

 blotches. Migrates. 



The Knot (Islandsk Strand-Vipa, Sw. ; T. Islandica, 

 Linn.). During the autumn this bird was not unfrequently 

 met with on the neighbouring coast, and generally in com- 

 pany with the purple sandpiper. It passes the summer 

 months in the more northern parts of Scandinavia, where, 

 according to M. Malm, it breeds on the moors and morasses 

 amongst the fjalls. No description of its eggs is given by 

 Swedish naturalists ; but Kjaerbolling, deriving his informa- 

 tion from Iceland and Greenland, says that they are three or 

 four in number, greenish-yellow in colour, and marked with 

 larger and smaller brown spots. Migrates. 



The Red Lobefoot (Smal-nabbad Simm-Snappa, or Small- 

 billed Swimming-Snappa, Sw. ; Lobipes hyperboreus, 

 Steph ). This bird appears to be altogether confined to the 

 more northern portion of Scandinavia. No instance is on 



