In Scandinavia it breeds more plentifully, and is everywhere tolerably abundant during the 

 spring and autumn migrations. Our friend Mr. A. Benzon, of Copenhagen, informs us that "in 

 Denmark it is common, occurring either singly or in flocks, on its southward migration from the 

 early part of August to the middle of September, seldom earlier or later ; on the other hand, it 

 is seldom seen in the spring, and then only singly, flying high up in the air. According to 

 Fischer's experience in Jutland, this bird swims remarkably well ; and as he shot a young female 

 which had still remains of down in her plumage, he supposes that it breeds there. Kjaerbolling 

 positively (!) states this to be the case." Mr. E. Collett writes to us : — " The Greenshank occurs 

 near Christiania rather numerously during the migrations, more so, however, in the autumn. 

 They arrive a little after the middle of May, and occur in small flocks of from five or six indivi- 

 duals, but are so shy that it is scarcely possible to get within gunshot of them. On the Fells 

 they breed not uncommonly, and appear again down here about the middle of August, when they 

 are found in larger flocks than in the spring. They leave us in September." According to 

 Nilsson it is commoner in the northern than in the southern parts of Sweden. Mr. Meves 

 says : — 



" Late in July a few were found near Ottenby, where a female was shot. They do not seem 

 to breed on Oland, but certainly do so on Gotland. Its true habitat, however, is Northern 

 Sweden, Lulea, and Tornea, Lapland." An interesting account of its nesting habits in Gotland, 

 by Herr Ludwig Holtz, will be found given below. The late Mr. Wheelwright observed it in 

 Lapland, where it arrived early in the spring and left early in the autumn. In Finland Dresser 

 found the Greenshank very abundant during the time of migration, and discovered them breeding 

 near Uleaborg, though the chief body appear to pass further north or more inland. He also 

 procured the eggs from Ija, a little to the north of Uleaborg, where a few appear to breed 

 annually. 



All over Germany it is common during migration, but in the low countries is not so abun- 

 dant. Schlegel says that in Holland it arrives from the north early in August, and occurs but 

 sparingly. De Selys Longchamps writes : — " Rare in Belgium during migration. An individual 

 has been killed on the Geer in July." In Luxembourg, De La Fontaine says, it occurs irregularly 

 on its spring and autumn migrations. Godron gives it as "rare in Lorraine, only occurring as a 

 bird of passage, when it is met with on the borders of the rivers." Kramer states that in Alsace 

 it is a bird of passage in the autumn. MM. Degland and Gerbe write : — 



" It occurs regularly during migration in France. About the middle of July they commence 

 to appear near Dieppe, but are not seen near Dunkerque and Lille before September and October. 

 They repass late in April." 



MM. Jaubert and Barthelemy-Lapommeraye also give the same details as to its regular 

 occurrence in the south of France during migration. 



Bailly states that the Greenshank is a regular migrant in France in spring and early in the 

 autumn, appearing at the same time in Switzerland and Savoy. In Savoy it generally arrives in 

 April or early in May, and returns again on its southward migration in September, or sometimes 

 even as early as August. 



Mr. Howard Saunders says that in Spain it is abundant in the marshy districts, especially in 

 those of the Guadalquivir, below Seville, where he observed it up to the third week in May. In 



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