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the appearance of this species in Shetland must be regarded as merely accidental. I have seen 

 it myself at Balta Sound, in the end of July, skimming over the fields, and now and then 

 alighting on the dykes." In Ireland it is common in suitable localities, but is said to be some- 

 what local. 



It does not appear to occur in Greenland or Iceland, and is only a straggler to the Fseroes. 

 Captain Feilden says that " Mr. H. C. Muller received it in the summer of 1859 ; on the 25th 

 May, 1871, one was shot at Sund; and on the 22nd July, 1871, another was taken on Skuoe." 

 In Norway, according to Mr. E. Collett, it breeds commonly in the southern provinces up as far 

 north as the Trondhjems fiord, where it is frequently seen near Trondhjem and in the Oerkedale ; 

 it is less numerous on the west coast than in the eastern districts ; and on the fell-sides it passes 

 over the border of the conifeivregion. On the Swedish side it is, according to Sundevall, 

 tolerably common as far north as Gefle, in 61° N. lat., but is scarcely ever met with further 

 north ; and though it has been said to have occurred at Sorsele, in Lapland, this statement can 

 scarcely be credited. In Finland it is met with at least as far north as Kuopio, in 63° N. lat., 

 and is common in the southern portions of the country, where I have frequently seen it. It 

 appears to occur in Northern Russia to about the same latitude as in Finland; for it is not 

 uncommon, and breeds, near Archangel. Mr. Sabanaeff informs me that he met with it every- 

 where in Central Russia and in the Ural, except in woodless plains, and says that it is espe- 

 cially numerous in the Government of Tula. In the Baltic Provinces, Poland, and North 

 Germany it is tolerably common during the summer ; and the same may be said regarding its 

 occurrence in Denmark. Borggreve remarks that it is commoner in Eastern Germany ; but Herr 

 von Homeyer says (J. f. 0. 1870, p. 218) that Oberst von Zittwitz found it common in Thuringia, 

 and that he himself met with it most numerous at Rastatt, in Baden. In Holland, Mr. H. M. 

 Labouchere informs me, it is not very common ; but in Belgium and France it is abundant and 

 generally distributed during the summer season, being more numerous in the latter country, 

 especially in the southern departments, where it arrives in April. In Portugal it is said by 

 Professor Barboza du Bocage to be common, and it also occurs in Spain. Both Lord Lilford 

 and Mr. Howard Saunders obtained specimens from near Seville ; and the latter informs me that 

 he has received several from Malaga and Valencia, all procured at the time of the spring 

 migration. Dr. A. E. Brehm writes (Allg. deutsch. naturh. Zeit. 1859, p. 442) that during the 

 two seasons of migration (say, in about the middle of April and again in the latter part of 

 September) it is found throughout the country, in Catalonia, Galicia, the Asturias, Leon, 

 Navarre, &c, and probably to some extent remains there during the summer. Passing eastward, 

 again, I find it recorded as tolerably common in Savoy, where it arrives about the 20th April, 

 and in Italy and Sicily, where it is a summer visitant. Mr. A. B. Brooke mentions (Ibis, 1873, 

 p. 236) that he only once saw one in Sardinia, in the middle of April. It touches at Malta 

 during migration; and Mr. C. A. Wright speaks of it (Ibis, 1864, p. 58) as being "plentiful 

 towards the end of March and in April and May. Great numbers are shot in these months for 

 the table. As many as one hundred and thirty have been shot in a day by one gun. In spring 

 they are most abundant in south-westerly winds after a dark night. They are generally found 

 asleep in the day-time on the branches of the carob-trees, invariably arranging their bodies and 

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