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says (Vogelf. Nordd. p. 114) : — " It is a regular and characteristic summer resident near all sheets 

 of water in wooded districts in North-eastern Germany, but is not found in open marshes during 

 the breeding-season. In the western portions of Germany it is to be met with in small parties 

 during passage, near water. It appears doubtful if it breeds as far west as Oldenburg, though 

 Wiepken met with it in the middle of June on the Weser ; for the present species breeds very 

 early ; and as the Sandpipers always leave their breeding-haunts directly after having nested, it is 

 well possible that the bird he saw may have migrated thither from the east. Negelein also, who 

 has spent much time in the forests, only supposes that it may breed there, which rather tends to 

 make the question more doubtful. Besides, the Green Sandpiper betrays its presence in its 

 breeding-haunts too clearly by following an intruder, so that even a non-ornithologist would at 

 once have his attention attracted. I have seen the present species throughout the winter on 

 open brooks in Westphalia." In Denmark, Mr. Benzon informs me, it occurs not uncommonly 

 on passage late in April, and again in August and September ; and it also occurs now and again 

 in Fyen and Jutland in summer, and probably breeds there, though there is no proof of this 

 being the case. Kjserbolling says that, without being rare, it is by no means common in 

 Denmark, where it is met with on passage, not in large flocks, but in small parties of five or six 

 individuals. Hage says that it has bred on Oddermosen-on-Moen ; and Teilmann shot one on 

 Vilslev Enge, near Elbe, sitting on four eggs. According to Mechlenburg it breeds here and there 

 at Flensborg. It occurs in Holland only on passage, and is met with at the same seasons in 

 Belgium. In France it is also a migrant, but is stated by Degland and Gerbe to be resident in 

 the south ; and they add that they have received eggs from the Basses Alpes taken from a nest in 

 a bush overhanging a torrent. Mr. Adrien Lacroix also states that it breeds regularly throughout 

 the French Pyrenees. It is not common in Portugal ; and Colonel Irby says that in Spain it 

 is most common in the winter months near Gibraltar, but in Andalucia is very irregular and 

 uncertain in its movements. In a note lately sent to me he adds that he only once observed it 

 in June near Santander, where a party of three were seen on the 20 th June, 1876. According to 

 Bailly it breeds in Savoy ; but as he says that it deposits its eggs on the ground, there is probably 

 some mistake in this statement; and though Savi writes that numbers nest in Tuscany, this 

 statement must also be taken with extreme caution. Count Salvadori, however, speaks of it as 

 being common and resident throughout Italy. Professor Doderlein says that it is common in 

 Sicily, especially on passage : but I cannot but doubt the correctness of what he states as to its 

 breeding there ; for he says that many breed along the mountain-streams in the interior of the 

 island. Mr. C. A. Wright records it as common on passage in Malta, and says that it is 

 sometimes seen in June. It occurs throughout Southern Germany; and I was informed by 

 the late Mr. E. Seidensacher that he has observed stragglers throughout the year in Styria, 

 near Pletrovic and Dobricendorff, but never succeeded in finding its nest. Messrs. Danford 

 and Harvie-Brown write respecting its occurrence in Transylvania (Ibis, 1875, p. 421) as 

 follows : — " During our visit to Hatzeg, at the end of April, we saw a specimen of this bird 

 at Rea; and Danford found it very common in the same locality in autumn. Herr Buda 

 Adam and Bieltz agree in saying that it breeds in the country, nesting among sand and 

 stones ; but Herr Buda afterwards told Danford that, though he sees the birds the whole 

 summer, he has not actually found the nest, but feels quite sure that they must breed." In 



