Islands and the adjacent mainland on the double passage. 

 I noticed it in the neighbourhood of Tunis in November, 

 and have seen it in Sicily, Sardinia, and Cyprus ; in this 

 last-named island I am convinced that it was breeding 

 near Limasol in May 1875, but we could not discover a 

 nest in spite of protracted search and some watching of 

 a pair that were much distressed by our proximity, and 

 kept hovering and whistling about the spot whence we 

 first disturbed them. 



The Wood-Sandpiper breeds in many parts of Europe, 

 notably in the Netherlands and in Denmark ; the nest 

 is generally situated in rough moorland, and is always 

 well concealed and difficult to find. The habits of this 

 bird to some extent resemble those of the Green Sand- 

 piper, but it is much less wary than that erratic species, 

 and, so far as my experience goes, is more addicted to 

 perching on bushes and low trees than any of its con- 

 geners. The ordinary cry of the Wood-Sandpiper is a 

 double whistle ; but the pair to which I have alluded 

 above as observed in Cyprus flew about constantly 

 uttering a prolonged twitter or trilling note that I never 

 heard on any other occasion. I gather from other 

 writers that this species ranges virtually over the whole 

 of the Old World, from Scandinavia and Northern 

 Siberia to Ceylon and South Africa, and from the coast 

 of Portugal to Japan. 



