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between 1850 and 1867. It only visits that county during the seasons of passage, and has not 

 been known to breed there ; and, according to Mr. Cordeaux (B. of the Humber Dist. p. 93), a 

 pair were shot in May 1869, near Bridlington, on the Yorkshire coast, by T. Boynton, Esq., of 

 Ulrome Grange. Further north than this I cannot find that it has occurred on the English 

 coast; and it has not been recorded from Scotland. Kent and Sussex' are the only counties in 

 England where it is known to breed ; and some years ago it used to be by no means very rare at 

 Lydd and near Rye Harbour. Mr. Cecil Smith, who informs me that he has never known it to 

 occur in Somersetshire, adds that in Guernsey it is tolerably common, and he killed a male and 

 female in that island on the 2nd July, and saw several more in Alderney about the same time ; 

 so that it probably breeds in both islands. In Ireland, Thompson states, it is only known 

 as an extremely rare visitant ; and it appears that only one specimen obtained there has been 

 preserved. 



It has not been met with in Greenland, Iceland, or the Faeroes ; and though it is found in 

 the southern districts of Sweden, it cannot, Mr. Collett informs me, be included in the avifauna 

 of Norway. It was stated to have been obtained on Jeederen, near Stavanger, and at Christiania ; 

 but the specimens have turned out to be nothing but the young of the Ringed Plover. In Sweden 

 it is restricted to the southern portion of the country, where it is a summer resident. Nilssou 

 says that it breeds in tolerably large numbers in the southern part of Skane, at Skanorsljung, 

 and on the sandy island Klappen. It has not been known to occur in Finland or in Northern 

 Russia; but Borggreve says that it occurs on the coasts of North Germany, but is not common, 

 and becomes less numerous towards the east, being scarcely ever met with in the interior. 



It arrives at and leaves Denmark about the same time as the Ringed Plover. Kjserbolling says 

 that it breeds on Sylt, Romo, Fano, Saltholm, at Aarhuus, and Ulfshale-on-M6en ; he also met 

 with it commonly at Nymindegab, at the entrance of the Ringkjobing fiord, at Blaavandshuk, 

 Lseso, and Frederikshavn. On the Dutch coast it appears regularly during the seasons of 

 passage ; and Baron von Droste Hulshoff states that it breeds in tolerable numbers on the 

 island of Borkum. Some few are stated to breed on the Belgian coast, where it is common 

 during passage ; and it is stated to be common and to breed numerously on the sandy portions 

 of the French coast, and in the lower portions of the Camargue. Professor Barboza du Socage 

 speaks of it as occurring in Portugal, where, however, it is not common ; and in Spain, Mr. 

 Howard Saunders informs me, it is common, and breeds all round the coast. Colonel Irby 

 writes also (Orn. Str. Gibr. p. 162) that it is by far the most plentiful of the sea-shore waders 

 on the Spanish side of the Straits, where it is found throughout the year, but is most abundant 

 during the seasons of migration. Mr. A. von Homeyer met with it on the Balearic Isles, where, 

 he says, it is particularly common on the sandy coast of Majorca. 



Passing eastward, again, I find it recorded as rare and of irregular occurrence in Savoy, 

 where it generally appears in the autumn ; but, according to Salvadori, it is rather abundant in 

 many parts of Italy, especially along the Adriatic coast ; but it appears to be local, and, whereas 

 it is very common in Sardinia, it is somewhat rare in Sicily, except near Girgenti. Mr. C. A. 

 Wright states (Ibis, 1864, p. 141) that in 1853 Mr. Medlycott and he shot several on Fort- 

 Manoel Island, but that since then he has not observed it at Malta. Lord Lilford records it as 

 being common in Corfu and all suitable localities in Epirus during the winter months, disap- 



