148 OUR SUMMER MIGRANTS. 



parts of Southern Europe in summer. It is 

 found as far northward as Sweden — where, as 

 Mr. Wheelwright has remarked, it is confined 

 to the sandy shores of the south — and acciden- 

 tally in England, where specimens have been 

 several times procured on the coasts of Sussex, 

 and in Cornwall.^ 



Lord Lilford has observed that it is common 

 in Spain in summer ("Ibis," 1866, p. 178), an 

 observation more recently confirmed by Mr. 

 Howard Saunders ("Ibis," 1869, p. 392). In 

 Portugal, according to the Rev. A. C. Smith, it 

 seems to be equally well known. 



It is annually observed in Malta in spring 

 and autumn, but never found there during the 

 winter months (Wright, " Ibis," 1864, p. 61). 

 Lieut. Sperling, however, believes that it is 

 not uncommon on the north coast of the Medi- 

 terranean in winter. South of the habitat 

 assigned to it, this bird ranges through Abys- 



1 Cf. Dawson Rowley, "Ibis," 1863, p. 37, and 1865, p. 

 113; Bond, "Zoologist," 1870, 'pp. 1984 and 2383; and 

 Rodd, "Zoologist," 1868, p. 1458. 



