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breeds plentifully in many inland districts on the west coast, and he has obtained eggs from 

 Forfarshire and Aberdeenshire. Macgillivray found it breeding in the Hebrides; and Selby 

 observed it during the summer in Sutherlandshire. Dr. Saxby speaks of it as being by no 

 means uncommon between the latter part of the summer and the early spring in Shetland, but 

 he did not find it at all numerous during the breeding-season. 



In Ireland, according to Thompson, it is common on the coast ; but, he adds, only a small 

 proportion of those seen in the autumn and winter breed in the island. 



It has not been recorded from Greenland ; but in Iceland it breeds both in the northern and 

 southern parts of the island. It appears to be somewhat rare in the Fseroes; but Captain 

 Feilden says that in all probability a few pairs remain to breed there every year. 



Throughout Scandinavia it is a common species ; and Mr. Collett writes that it is common in 

 Norway, and breeds along the whole coast from the Hvaloer up to the Russian frontier, and is 

 especially numerous in Listerland and Jaederen. In the interior it is chiefly to be met with on 

 the fells, where it breeds numerously in the southern districts and, to a certain extent, in the 

 lowlands, and is everywhere common during migration. In Sweden it is said to be one of the 

 commonest Sandpipers, not only in the southern provinces but up far into Lapland. There as 

 elsewhere in the north of Europe it is a migrant, arriving in Southern Sweden late in April and 

 leaving in September. In Finland it is common throughout the country during the breeding- 

 season ; but, unlike the Spotted Redshank, it is there found on the coast only, and not inland 

 unless in very exceptional cases. It arrives early in May, and soon spreads over the coast, where 

 it breeds up to the high north. I found it nesting numerously on the small islands off Uleaborg, 

 as well as on the mainland. Brander states that it breeds in Pudasjarvi; Dr. Palmen observed 

 it at Muonioniska on the 9th June, and says that both old and young birds have been obtained 

 at Utsjoki, in Lapland. It is found in Russia at least as far as Archangel, whence I have 

 received many specimens shot during the summer season : and Sabanaeff records it from Central 

 Russia, but as seldom seen except on passage. In the Ural it is very numerous, being found 

 on the eastern slope from 59^° N. lat. It breeds very rarely there, but has been met with 

 nesting as far as Pavda. Teplouhoff found it nesting near 58^° N. lat. In the Baltic Provinces 

 and on the coasts of Northern Germany it is common during the summer season, both on the 

 outer fringe of the coast-line and in marshy and low swampy localities ; and Mr. Benson writes 

 to me respecting its occurrence in Denmark, that " it is common everywhere, more especially 

 on the coast, arriving in April and leaving again in August and September, between which times 

 it is very numerous on account of the many suitable breeding-places in the northern parts of the 

 country. We have instances of individuals being obtained in the winter ; for Mr. Fischer shot 

 an old female on the 23rd February; but it is possible that this may have been a bird which 

 had arrived unusually early from the south." It is also said to breed in some parts of the interior 

 of Germany. Naumann states that it is not uncommon in Central and Southern Germany, 

 numerous on the shores of the Baltic and North Sea, and during migration one of the commonest 

 of the Waders which occur in Germany. On the coast of Holland it is common ; and Baron von 

 Droste Hiilshoff speaks of millions being seen on the island of Borkum during the two seasons 

 of migration. Mr. Labouchere informs me that it is the most common Wader in Holland after 

 the Lapwing, arriving in April and leaving in August or September, and it breeds numerously 



