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Messrs. Blakistcm and Pfyer say that it is often obtained near Yokohama, and has been collected 

 at Nagasaki. Mr. Whitely (Ibis, 1867, p. 205) obtained it near Hakodadi in September and 

 October. M. Kalinowski obtained two males at Chemulpo, in Corea, in May, but did not meet 

 with it again during the time he spent in exploring Corea. 



In Eastern Siberia it was first observed by von Middendorff on the south coast of the 

 Sea of Okhotsk on the 12th July; Messrs. Dybowski and Godlewski met with it on the southern 

 Baikal, in Southern Dauria, and on the coasts of the Sea of Japan. Dybowski observed it in 

 Kamtschatka and on the Commander Islands, and Mr. Stejneger obtained young specimens on 

 Bering Island during the autumnal migration of 1882. From the middle of September and 

 during the following three weeks, he says, they were observed both on the tundra near the great 

 lake and on the rocky beach of the ocean searching for Gammarids. They were very shy, and 

 mostly single or in small families. Larger flocks were never seen. 



Mr. Nelson who records it from the N.E. coast of Siberia and Alaska, writes (Cruise of 

 U.S. 'Corwin,' p. 86) as follows: — " The first knowledge of this bird's occurrence on the coast of 

 America was obtained by me at St. Michael's, where it is an abundant species every autumn, 

 coming during August and remaining until the sharp frosts of the approaching winter cause it to 

 hasten away. Following my capture of the species comes the capture on the coast of Kotzebue 

 Sound, at Hotham Inlet, the 1st September, 1880. by Captaiu Hooper, on the ' Corwin ' during 

 his first cruise in the Arctic ; and on the 9th of September the same season Dr. Bean, on the 

 coast survey schooner ' Yukon,' secured a second specimen at Port Clarence, Bering Strait, and 

 this concludes our present knowledge of the distribution of the species on the American coast. 

 During the summer of 1881, on the 1st August, we landed from the ' Corwin ' on the north-east 

 coast of Siberia, in the vicinity of Cape Waukarem, and found these birds numerous, feeding on 

 the flats which were closely bordering the shores of the Arctic Ocean, and sparingly grown up 

 with fine grass. From the actions of the birds at this time it was evident that they had nested 

 in the vicinity, and this region is probably the true summer home of this handsome species." 



It was, as above stated, first recorded from the North American continent by Mr. Nelson, 

 who obtained a female near St. Michael's, Alaska, on the 16th September, 1877, which was shot, 

 he says (Nat. Hist. Coll. made in Alaska, p. 106), "on a muddy bank of a tide creek as I was 

 passing in a kyak." Later in the season others were seen, and during each of the succeeding 

 autumns they were found to be one of the most common species of Snipe about St. Michael's, 

 frequenting the borders of brackish pools and tide creeks in company with T. maculata, the 

 Bed-breasted Snipe, and several other species. 



In the winter it ranges very far south, and has been recorded from the Philippines, Pelew 

 and Sunda Islands, New Guinea, New Ireland, and the Friendly Islands. Horsfield obtained it 

 in Java, and Dr. A. B. Meyer records it (Ibis, 1879, p. 143) from Celebes. In Australia, 

 according to Mr. Gould (Handb. B. of Australia, ii. p. 254), it is generally distributed in all 

 parts of the country, including Tasmania, and in New Zealand a pair were received by 

 Dr. Haast from Lake Ellesmere, and Mr. Potts (Trans. N. Z. Inst. v. p. 198) described the 

 male in summer plumage. 



Eeferring to its habits, Mr. Nelson says (I. c.) :— " They were nearly always assoc ated with 

 T. maculata, whose habits they shared to a great extent. When congregated about their feeding- 

 places, they united into flocks of from ten to fifty, but single birds were frequently flushed from 



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