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Lapland," he states that, although he never met 

 with the Pied Flycatcher on the fells, it was to 

 be found as far north as the birch region ex- 

 tends, and he generally found the nest in small 

 dead birch stubbs by the riverside. Messrs. 

 Godman met with it some way up the moun- 

 tains to the north of Bodo in Norway, where the 

 birch was also the favourite nesting tree. As it 

 is common in most parts of Central and Southern 

 Europe, and is found as far westward as Portu- 

 gal, it is rather curious that Professor Savi 

 should have so long overlooked its occurrence 

 in Tuscany. Dr. Giglioli noticed it as abundant 

 at Pisa in April, and, on recording it as new to 

 the Tuscan avifauna, he added ("Ibis," 1865, 

 p. 56) : "When I showed the numerous speci- 

 mens I had procured to Professor Savi, he was 

 much surprised, and said that, during the forty 

 years he had been studying the ornis of this part 

 of Italy, he had never come across the Pied Fly- 

 catcher, which, however, abounds during the 

 spring passage at Genoa, and all along the 

 Riviera." It is a spring and autumn visitor in 



