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in the autumn than in the spring. Mr. Stevenson records (B. of Norfolk, ii. pp. 203-207) 

 numerous instances of its occurrence in that county, both in the spring and autumn; but it 

 appears to be now but a rare straggler. Mr. Cordeaux (B. of Humber District, p. Ill) says 

 that he only met with four examples in that district, all in the autumn ; but he thinks it is of 

 more regular occurrence there in the autumn than is generally supposed, it being mistaken for 

 the young of the common Redshank. On the west side of England it is, as above stated, rare ; 

 and Mr. Cecil Smith informs me that it is very rare in Somersetshire, and he himself has never 

 seen it from there, and only includes it on the authority of Montagu, who got one from near 

 Bridgewater. In Scotland, according to Mr. Robert Gray (B. of the W. of Scotl. p. 290), " it 

 has not been traced to any of the western districts; but on the east coast of Scotland it has 

 frequently been obtained, in localities ranging from Haddingtonshire to Caithness. It has been 

 taken in Banffshire by Mr. Edward, and in Aberdeenshire by Mr. Angus. In the Orkneys, as I 

 find from a manuscript note in Messrs. Baikie and Heddle's work, ' one was shot by Mr. Strang 

 in Sanday, in September 1849.' " It is not recorded from the Shetlands ; and must be very rare 

 in Ireland, as Thompson only mentions one instance of its occurrence there. 



There is no record of its occurrence in Greenland or Iceland, nor does it appear to have 

 occurred in the Fseroes. It is found in Scandinavia, where it is not uncommon in the southern 

 parts, but breeds in considerable numbers in the north. Mr. Collett says that it breeds not 

 uncommonly in Northern Norway, both on the mainland and the islands, as, for instance, on 

 Lofoten. It likewise breeds here and there in the southern districts, as, for instance, in 

 Orkedale, in Trondhjems Stift, and in the fells of Land and Valders, but is seen in the 

 lowlands but very rarely during passage. He further says that it nests as far north as 

 Vadso, and was found sparingly at Bosekop in Alten, on the 15th July, 1872, and in East 

 Finmark it is even common in some localities. During passage it appears to be common 

 throughout Norway. In Sweden, as in Norway, it breeds only in the northern districts, but 

 is common in other parts of the country at the two seasons of migration, being met with in the 

 vicinity of Gothenburg late in April, and again in September and October ; but in Northern 

 Skane small flocks of six or eight individuals are seen late in August; and Nilsson says that 

 on the Norwegian coast he has seen young birds able to fly, in company with the parent birds, 

 in July on the islands off Nordland. In Central Lapland it breeds numerously, but does not 

 extend up to the extreme north. Malm says that it is most numerous in Enare-Lapland ; and 

 the number of eggs obtained by Wolley and his collectors near Muonioniska proved its abun- 

 dance there. Dr. Palmen writes (Finl. Fogl. ii. p. 148) that it is " common in the parishes of 

 Muonioniska and Enontekis, and was observed as far as Kilpisjarvi in 69° N. lat. According to 

 Malmberg it bred in 1871 at Suonenjoki-kapell, in Savolaks (62° 30' N. lat.), but has not been 

 known with certainty to breed further south." He adds that, according to Mr. Casimir Brander, 

 it breeds at Pudasjarvi, where it is common — which I can confirm, having received its eggs from 

 Mr. Brander, whose acquaintance I made when at Ija, in the north of Finland. It is tolerably 

 common in Southern Finland during the two seasons of passage. 



In Russia it is common in some localities, and is said to be not uncommon near Archangel, 

 whence I have received specimens. Sabanaeff says that in the Government of Jaroslaf it is rare 

 even during passage, but sometimes breeds in that of Moscow, and is common in the spring. 



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