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it is tolerably common, though never numerous, on passage in the autumn, but he never observed 

 it in the spring. 



On the islands off the North-German Baltic coast it is said to be a frequent visitant on 

 passage ; but, according to Mr. Schalow, it is but rarely seen in Mark Brandenburg on passage, 

 and is more frequently seen in the Ukermark than in any other locality in that district. Schulz 

 received it from Havelberg ; Vangerow records it from Konigs-Wusterhausen ; Brehm states that 

 Fehrmann possesses examples killed in Mark ; Borggreve says that he has obtained stragglers in 

 Oderbruch during migration ; and a specimen from Marwitz is in the Radziwill collection. It is 

 tolerably common on the coasts of Denmark on passage, the old birds arriving in August and the 

 young in September ; and it is found still common in September and October. In the spring it 

 sometimes remains late, and specimens have been obtained by Mechlenburg at Flensborg as late 

 as the 19th and 23rd of July in full summer dress. It is found on the German coast of the 

 North Sea, and occurs in Holland, in somewhat small numbers, in spring and autumn. Along 

 the coasts of Belgium and France the Pygmy Curlew is found in abundance on its passage north- 

 Avard and southward, but it very rarely straggles inland. It is also tolerably common in Portugal ; 

 and I saw large numbers when in Barcelona (Spain) in May. One morning when I visited the 

 market in that town I saw two large baskets full of beautiful specimens, in full breeding-dress, 

 and selected as many as I required for a real each. Lord Lilford sends me the following note 

 respecting the occurrence of this Sandpiper in Spain, viz. : — " We found this species in vast 

 numbers in the lower part of the marisma, on the proper right of the Guadalquivir, during the 

 first fortnight of May 1872. Most of those which we shot were in nearly full summer plumage. 

 I think that this species was the most numerous, with the exception of the Knot, of the many 

 Waders that we met with in the above-mentioned locality. It is curious that we did not meet 

 with this species on the mud-flats of the harbour of Santander (a great resort of many species of 

 Waders) in May 1876." Colonel Irby also writes (Orn. Str. Gibr. p. 172) as follows :—" The 

 Curlew Sandpiper I never obtained on its autumnal passage ; but in some years vast numbers 

 passed at Gibraltar towards the end of April, usually in lots of from ten to twenty in number ; 

 they were occasionally mixed up with Dunlins (Tringa cinclus), and were chiefly to be seen at 

 the mouths of rivers, particularly about Palmones. When flying they may be easily distinguished 

 by the white rump, which, when they are on the wing, is very conspicuous. They are in good 

 red or breeding-plumage by the 26th of April; that is to say, the male birds are; but the females 

 are slower in assuming this dress, and probably never become as bright as their mates. About 

 Gibraltar this Sandpiper and others bear the trivial name ' pitillo.' Lord Lilford informs me 

 that he met with the present species at the same place and time as the Knots (Tringa canutus), 

 and in equal numbers. Curiously, during that spring, Curlew Sandpipers were unusually abun- 

 dant near Gibraltar, but not a single Knot did I obtain or see. There is, however, not much 

 ground suitable for the various species of Tringa in the vicinity of the Rock." Von Homeyer 

 says that it occurs in the Balearic Islands, in flocks of twenty to fifty individuals, in the early 

 summer. Bailly records its occurrence in Savoy at the two seasons of passage ; and it is extremely 

 common at these seasons of the year on the coasts of Italy and Sicily, and is also found in winter 

 in some localities. Salvadori writes (J. f. O. 1865, p. 287) that it is found in Sardinia during 

 the winter; and Mr. C. A. Wright states (Ibis, 1864, p. 148), in Malta it is "common in 



