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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 con- 

 siderable numbers various parts of Scandinavia, particularly 

 Lapland, and going even as far north as Iceland and Green- 

 land. 



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. 



M. Temminck says it is found in Japan and on the Isles 

 of Sunda. 



This Godwit, in the winter plumage, has the beak black 

 for one-third of its length, the basal portion pale yellowish 

 brown ; the irides hazel ; before and over the eye a white 



