296 OUR SUMMER MIGRANTS. 



A single instance is on record of its having been 

 shot in the Bermudas,^ although this group of 

 islands is distant from Cape Hatteras — the near- 

 est point of the North American coast — about 

 600 miles. After this, English sportsmen need 

 scarcely be surprised at its ability to cross the 

 Channel. 



Before the end of September it has com- 

 menced to migrate southwards on its way to its 

 winter quarters in Algeria, Egypt, Asia Minor, 

 and Palestine. It is said to be rare in Portugal, 

 and seen on passage only in Spain, touching 

 also at the Azores. It goes, however, much 

 further south, as will be seen presently. Signor 

 Bettoni includes it amongst the birds which 

 breed regularly in Lombardy ;^ and Messrs. 

 Elwes and Buckley note it (" Ibis," 1870, p. 

 333) as found in Epirus and Constantinople. 

 In Corfu it is met with sparingly in April and 

 September, on its spring and autumn migrations. 



^ Jones's " Naturalist in the Bennudas,'" p. 45. 

 ^ " Storia Naturale degli Uccelli che nidificano in Lom- 

 bardia," pt. xxxii. t. 91. 



