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present species, says, " I can add little to Mr. Stevenson's account of the Green Sandpiper in 

 Norfolk ; but it is a bird to which I have always paid great attention, and cannot help thinking 

 that in some seasons it breeds near Boyland, although with all my efforts I have been unable 

 to obtain a nest. One or more are to be seen there during every month in the year, frequenting 

 certain favourite spots on the small stream or some freshly cleaned-out ditch in the meadows. 

 The return migration commences about the 25th of July ; but I have seen a single bird about all 

 through the summer." Mr. Cordeaux says that it is far from uncommon in the Humber district, 

 and he has little doubt that it occasionally remains to breed there ; and Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun., 

 informs me that it is not uncommon at Teesmouth, though it is not included in either of Mr. 

 Hogg's lists, nor yet in that of Sir Cuthbert Sharp. He has seen it there as early as the 25th 

 July. In the west of Scotland it is rare; for Mr. Eobert Gray says (B. of W. of Scotl. p. 293) 

 that, with the exception of a single specimen shot on the 10th November, 1860, near Glasgow, 

 and another seen there, he is unaware of any instance of its occurrence on the western mainland 

 or its island dependencies ; but it has occurred more frequently on the east coast, having been 

 met with in Caithness, East Lothian, Dumfriesshire, near Castle Douglas; and Mr. Harvie- 

 Brown has shot it on the banks of the Carron, in Stirlingshire. Mr. Gray was also informed by 

 Mr. Angus that it has frequently been found and probably breeds in Aberdeenshire. In Ireland, 

 according to Thompson, it is only known as a rare visitant, but has occurred at all seasons of 

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It does not appear to have been met with in the Faeroes, but is found in Scandinavia, where 

 it breeds. Mr. Collett informs me that in Norway it is somewhat sparsely dispersed, but breeds 

 more or less commonly up to the Arctic circle. As a rule it is found near the lakes in the 

 interior, and less seldom on the coast. On the Dovre it is quite numerous at Folkstuen. It 

 arrives late in April and leaves in September or early in October. Some seasons it is quite 

 common near Christiania on passage. According to Nilsson it arrives in Southern Sweden about 

 the middle of April and leaves in September, being nowhere numerous, though not rare. It is 

 said to breed near Gothenburg and in Northern Bonus, though rarely, and also on Gottland. 

 Dr. Palmen says (Finl. Fogl. ii. p. 161): — "It is, comparatively speaking, rare in Finland, and 

 does not occur further north than Central Finland, where, however, it breeds. Mr. Falck has 

 shot it at Abo; in the Finnish collection are specimens, shot on the 16th June, 1855, from 

 Uskela, where Professor Bonsdorff shot a female containing eggs. Ekebom obtained this species 

 at Esbo, on the 2nd August, 1840 ; and Kessler met with it in the Olonetz Government. A few 

 are seen annually at Kuopio and Haminanlaks ; and a young bird from there is in the Finnish 

 collection. Finally, Aschan found it breeding in Maaninka kapell, in Northern Savolax, in 

 63° 12' N. lat., near Naarvanlak's posting-station, on the 4th June, 1870. It is possible that it 

 may range further north in our country than we are aware of." In Northern Russia it is found 

 at least as far north as Archangel. Mr. Meves met with it frequently at Novaja Ladoga and on 

 the Dvina ; and near Kargapol he saw young birds able to fly on the 3rd July. Mr. Sabanaeff 

 informs me that it is the commonest species of Sandpiper in Central Russia, especially in the 

 Jaroslaf and Smolensk Governments, where it breeds. In the Ural he met with it throughout 

 the entire range from Pavda, but it does not breed, and is only seen in the Ekaterinburg and 

 Shadrinsk districts on passage. It is found in Poland and the Baltic provinces ; and Mr. Borggreve 



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