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does on Melville Peninsula and elsewhere on the coast of Davis Strait. In Iceland it is stated to 

 be not so numerous as the Purple Sandpiper; and Faber says that it appears there only from the 

 middle of April to the end of October. 



Captain Feilden says that it is common in spring in the Fseroes, but not nearly so numerous 

 during the breeding-season as in the Outer Hebrides. He did not find its nest in the Fseroes, 

 though he searched diligently for it in places where the birds were evidently breeding. In 

 Scandinavia it is a common bird during the summer season. Mr. Collett informs me that in 

 Norway it is the most widely distributed of the waders, and breeds numerously above the arctic 

 circle, more sparingly along the coast down to Lindesnses in open places, and is especially 

 numerous on the Jsederen. On the lowlands in the eastern portion of the interior it is not 

 found ; but it breeds on the fells in the birch-region, though not so commonly as in the north. 

 During passage it is common all along the coast, and very numerous in some localities, as for 

 instance on Jsederen, which appears to be a regular rendezvous for all the northern waders and 

 water-birds, which migrate in autumn. In winter the present species does not occur. In 

 Sweden it is, Professor Nilsson says, extremely common, arriving in Southern Sweden late in 

 March in flocks, and leaving late in September or early in October. It is during the breeding- 

 season very generally distributed throughout the country up into Lapland. In Finland, Dr. 

 Palmen says, it breeds only in the northern portion of the country, and is observed elsewhere 

 during passage, remaining, however, in some parts until the ice commences to form. Grape 

 met with it at Enontekis ; and Malm says that it breeds sparingly in the more elevated fell- 

 morasses throughout Northern Lapland. In Russia it ranges far north. Von Heuglin met with 

 it at Waigats and Ingorsky Shar during his trip to Novaya Zemlya ; and Messrs. Seebohm and 

 Harvie-Brown found it breeding on the Petchora. It is common near Archangel in summer ; 

 and in Central Russia it is, Mr. Sabanaeff informs me, very numerous on passage. He met with 

 it in the summer in the Ekaterinburg Government, and believes that it breeds throughout the 

 Perm Government. According to Teplouhoff it is said to breed on the Obva river. On the 

 coasts of North Germany and the Baltic provinces it is common during the summer, but breeds 

 regularly, Borggreve says, scarcely anywhere inland, though it is often seen during passage both 

 inland and on the coast in vast numbers. Mr. Benzon informs me that it is very common in 

 Denmark in places where the coast is flat and where there is short grass, as it prefers such places 

 for the purpose of nidification. It arrives there in April, and leaves in October ; but the time 

 of its departure varies according to the weather, and during mild seasons some remain over the 

 winter. Whether the small race (Tringa schinzii, Br.) occurs in Denmark he is unable to say ; 

 but Mr. Fischer told him that he had met with it at the Lunfjord. Its common Danish names 

 are Rijle, Almindelig Rljle, Strandrijle ; in some parts of Jutland it is called Prijllemand, and 

 in Sylt TerneJc. 



It occurs in Holland during passage, and is also met with at those seasons on the coasts of 

 Belgium and France, being met with as a straggler on inland waters. It is recorded from 

 Portugal by Professor Barboza du Bocage ; and Dr. E. Rey says (J. f. O. 1872, p. 154) that he 

 met with it not uncommonly at Lagos on the 1st April, most of those he saw being in change of 

 plumage. In Spain it is principally found from autumn to early spring; but Mr. Howard 

 Saunders has an egg from a clutch of four, off which the bird was shot by Mr. A. Chapman in 



