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specimen of Alauda cristata; but Sylviide, as yet, were few 
and of common species. 
After spending three or four days near Tarm, on one of 
which we descended the river to the fiord, and saw numerous 
traces of Wild Geese and a dead Anser segetum, eaten by a 
Hawk, we determined to visit a peninsula which goes by the 
name of “'Tipperne,” and which projects some miles into the 
south part of the fiord from a place about ten miles west of 
Tarm. Starting early in a carriage on May 15, we passed 
through a flat sandy country, thickly populated and culti- 
vated almost everywhere. Small flocks of Dotterels (Chara- 
drius morinellus) had stayed to rest here on migration, and, 
being easily shot, made a welcome addition to our dinner. 
On reaching the fiord, which is at its lower end very shal- 
low and tideless, we drove over a mile or two of hard mud 
and sand, often covered by water, on which an immense 
flock of Dunlins were feeding, probably intending to breed 
in more northern regions. A remarkable mirage, which pre- 
vails in these flat coasts, made it difficult to see any thing at 
a distance; but an immense flock of Geese rose as we ap- 
proached the place where they were resting on the sand. 
Soon reaching the so-called “ Tipperne,” we found our- 
selves on a perfectly flat and extensive tract of land, covered 
with short grass, and intersected by pools, much resembling 
what are called “saltings” on the Norfolk and Essex coast, 
but free from the numerous small winding muddy creeks 
and watercourses formed by the tide which characterize a 
genuine ‘‘salting.” This promontory, of some thousand 
acres in extent, is surrounded by the shallow waters of the 
fiord, and is uninhabited, except for a few weeks in the sum- 
mer, when cattle come here to graze. It is the last great 
breeding-place of the Avocet in Denmark, and our hope of 
seeing them was the principal object of the excursion. 
Doubts were expressed as to whether they had already laid, 
and the only guide we could obtain either knew or could tell 
very little about them. After searching some time and seeing 
only abundance of Redshanks, Ruffs, Terns, Gulls, &c., we 
