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only a few days' duration." In Spain Vidal notices it as a rare bird, only during the spring 

 migration. Dr. Salvadori says that it occurs in Sardinia in the spring, probably on its way 

 northward to breed. It is rare in Tyrol in the spring, according to Luigi Althammer ; and Savi 

 records it as arriving in Italy in April as a migrant. Malherbe, again, considers it rare in 

 Sicily, but says it is seen every year in the month of April, when individuals are found 

 frequenting the lakes of Phare, near Messina. In Malta, Mr. C. A. Wright says, it appears 

 annually in spring and autumn, but is not generally very common. Loche says it is only found 

 in Algeria during migration. Naumann states that in Germany it is only an occasional visitant, 

 and is rare, but has been killed several times in Austria, in Upper Silesia, in Wurtemberg, on 

 the Maine and in Thuringia. Pastor Boeck has obtained it in Prussia ; and Gaetke has procured 

 a specimen in Heligoland, which appears to be the most northern point in Europe at which the 

 Marsh Sandpiper has yet been observed. Mr. Robson has sent us some nice specimens from 

 Turkey, in both summer and winter dress. Lord Lilford, whose note we give below, found it 

 abundant in Corfu in March, April, and the early part of May. Lindermayer says that it comes 

 into Greece in large numbers during the equinoctial gales, remains on the marshy meadows until 

 the middle of May, and then goes further north ; it does not breed there. " Von der Muhle," 

 he continues, " considers it one of the rarest birds in Greece ; but I have had opportunities of 

 observing numerous flocks at Phalereus, near Athens, and killed several specimens in one fore- 

 noon. On the island it is only a bird of passage, and I have never seen it in the autumn." 

 A. von Nordmann, whose notes we give below, found it common in South Russia, where, he believes, 

 it breeds ; and Dresser, when in Hungary and on the Lower Danube, saw several specimens pro- 

 cured there, and has eggs in his collection from that locality. Pallas met with it in Russia and 

 Lower Siberia; and Radde says: — "This bird appeared early in May on the Tarei-Nor, where I 

 shot several females, the plumage of which differs not at all from the summer plumage of the 

 European bird. These birds were in full summer plumage. The Siberian bird appears to be 

 stouter-built than the European one." 



Middendorff also shot " a single specimen on the 6 th of July on the coast of the sea of 

 Ochotsk." In India, Blyth says, it is very common ; and Dr. Jerdon writes as follows : — 



" This pretty little Sandpiper is less generally spread perhaps than any of the preceding 

 species, but is now and then met with in large numbers. It frequents young rice-fields and open 

 marshy spots, but is also seen on the bare edges of tanks. I saw it in large numbers on the 

 banks of the Trichoor Lake, in South Malabar, and have obtained it occasionally in various parts 

 of the country." 



Major Irby states that it is very common in Oudh and Kumaon during the cold season. 

 Mr. Swinhoe says it is rare on the Chinese coast, and he has procured a specimen in Formosa. 

 Dr. O. Finsch kindly informs us that the Bremen Museum possesses an example from Java; 

 while specimens are in the Leyden Museum from Borneo, and Mr. Wallace shot it in Gilolo. It 

 also goes as far south as Australia, as Mr. Gould states that he " shot a specimen on the banks of 

 the Lower Mokai on the 16th of December, 1839." 



Following the range of the Marsh Sandpiper from Europe to Africa, we are informed by 

 Dr. .Tristram that it is found in Palestine ; and in Egypt and Nubia Captain Shelley and 

 Mr. E. C. Taylor have observed it. Mr. Jesse, during the recent Abyssinian Expedition, shot a . 



