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Wheelwright states that it was rare at Quickjock, in Lapland; but on the Varanger Fjord 

 it is said by Pastor Sommerfelclt to be common in summer. Meyer records it as common in 

 Livonia during the migration in August and September ; and it is also plentiful in Germany at 

 the same seasons. In Belgium, according to De Selys-Longchamps, it is found in spring and 

 autumn on the coast, and accidentally on the Moselle. Professor Schlegel says that in Holland 

 it is found in autumn in flocks of from ten to twenty individuals; but Mr. H. M. Labouchere 

 writes : — " Temminck's Sandpiper is still more rare in Holland than Tringa minuta, and there 

 are very few instances on record of this bird having been seen there." Degland and Gerbe 

 record the present species as occurring regularly in the north and south of France, where it 

 appears in spring and autumn amongst flocks of Dunlins and Little Stints ; and Jaubert and 

 Barthelemy-Lapommeraye say that it passes through Provence in September in small number's, 

 and again in April and May, later thus than the Little Stint. Bailly says that it occurs in Savoy 

 during migration. It is not uncommon near Gibraltar, as Major Irby informs us; and he has 

 given us two specimens in full winter plumage. In Portugal, Professor Barboza du Bocage also 

 states that it is not rare. Loche observes that it is common in winter in Algeria ; and Canon 

 Tristram found it in the desert of the Sahara. Mr. C. A. Wright has procured it in Malta both 

 in breeding- and in winter plumage. In Italy Savi records it as occurring during migration ; and 

 according to Von der M utile it " remains in Greece throughout the winter, some being found in 

 May, and even in June." Mr. Bobson, of Ortakeuy, writes that he has shot this species during 

 the autumn migration on the muddy shores of the Khiat-hane, in Turkey in Europe. Near 

 Smyrna it was procured in winter by the late Mr. H. E. Strickland. Professor von Nordmann 

 observed this Stint at Salghir and Kara-sow and the southern coast of the Crimea in May, July, 

 and early in August, and believes that it breeds there. It is rare near Odessa, as also in all New 

 Eussia. Dr. v. Middendorff says that it breeds both on the Taimyr river, as also on the 

 Boganida, in the Stanowoj mountains, near Udskoj-Ostrog, and on the island of Aehae, although 

 everywhere rarer than Tringa minuta. Dr. Badde procured examples on Lake Baikal in July, 

 and early in and about the middle of May shot two females on the Tarei-nor, which did not 

 differ from specimens from Southern Eussia. He first observed them on the Tarei-nor on the 

 1st and 2nd of May in small flocks, and on the 5th of that month they were numerous. On the 

 central Irkut he observed the first on the 6th of May 1859. On the 30th of July they were in 

 flocks near Altansk, and from the 5th of August flocks were observed on the Tarei-nor until the 

 2nd of September, after which none were seen. According to von Schrenck this species appears 

 in Eastern Eussia comparatively early in the spring. Mr. Maack observed them first on the 

 Schilka, near the village of Bjankina, on the 7th (19th) of May. One example then procured 

 still retained most of the winter plumage, whereas the other was nearly in summer plumage ; 

 a third, procured further down the Schilka, at Schilkinskoi Sawod, on the 11th (23rd) of May 

 was intermediate between the two above referred to as regards plumage. 



In winter Mr. Swinhoe states that it is found throughout China, being common in South 

 China at this season of the year on the banks of inland lakes and marshes. He has also procured 

 it in Formosa, where it is a common winter visitant. Captain Blakiston has met with it in 

 Northern Japan. Mr. Blyth records it as very common in India in winter, though, according to 

 Dr. Jerdon, not occurring in such numbers as the Little Stint. In Egypt Dr. Leith Adams did 



