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coast ; and the most northern locality in which I have known it to winter was off the Trondhjems- 

 „ fiord in 64° N. lat., where it was met with in company with the Purple Sandpiper." On the 

 Swedish coast it is met with up to the head of the Gulf of Bothnia, usually frequenting the 

 outer fringe of islands. In Finland it is common on the coast, and breeds in tolerable numbers 

 at least as far north as Wasa, in the outer fringe of islands that skirt the coast. I obtained it 

 during the summer at Uleaborg, where, however, it was not very common. Von Middendorff 

 records it from the eastern coast of Lapland ; and it occurs on the shores of the White Sea. It 

 was met with by Von Baer on Novaja Semlia (Nova Zembla) ; and Professor Newton included it 

 in his list of the birds of Spitzbergen with a note of interrogation ; but subsequently his con- 

 jecture proved quite correct, as, according to Professor Malmgren (Ibis, 1869, p. 230), a pair 

 were seen on Amsterdam Island, one of which was shot, and is now in the Stockholm Museum. 

 Mr. Sabanaeff informs me that it has been met with during migration in the Governments of 

 Moscow and Jaroslaf, in Central Russia; and he once observed it near Ekaterinburg during 

 the spring migration. It is met with on the southern shores of the Baltic; but, according to 

 Borggreve, it is not common, and appears to remain during the summer only on some portions 

 of the coast, though it is very generally met with during migration. It appears to be most 

 frequently met with on Rugen and the adjacent islands. Sometimes it is met with in the 

 interior during migration, and has been recorded from Eisleben and Miinster. Dr. Rey, in his 

 notes on the ornis of Halle, Saxony, says that Naumann states that it has been met with at the 

 Salzigen See, and he himself believes that he saw it there in May 1866. 



Kjserbolling writes that it arrives in Denmark in April, and leaves in August or September. 

 He found it breeding on the islands off Fyen, as also at Blaavandshuk, Laeso, Hjortholmen, and 

 Hirtsholmen. Mr. Steenberg obtained it from near Helsingor ; it breeds at Laaland ; and 

 Mr. Fogh observed it at Falster. It also, according to Scheel, breeds on Moen, at Saltholm, 

 near Amager, and Muusholm, in the Great Belt, and is also said to breed on Bornholm and 

 Christianso. 



Baron von Droste Hiilshoff only observed it on the Island of Borkum during migration ; 

 and Mr. Labouchere informs me that in Holland it is only now and then seen during winter, 

 when it frequents the dykes and breakwaters. Baron De Selys-Longchamps records it as 

 occurring regularly during passage on the Belgian coasts, sometimes also visiting the interior ; 

 and in France it is tolerably numerous on the coasts in autumn, being met with southward to 

 the Mediterranean. It is stated by Professor Barboza du Bocage to be rare in Portugal ; and 

 Mr. Howard Saunders informs me, "in Catalonia it is known as '■Ramena rocs,' 1 and, though 

 nowhere numerous, it is found wherever the nature of the coast is suited to its habits, as far 

 south as Malaga, beyond which I have not actually observed it, though it doubtless occurs." 

 Mr. A. von Homeyer met with it in the Balearic isles, on the sea-shore not far from Palma ; and 

 he was led to believe that it breeds there. It has been recorded from Savoy ; is of rather rare 

 occurrence in Italy; but on the coasts of Sicily is regularly met with at the two seasons of 

 migration. Mr. A. B. Brooke writes (Ibis, 1873, p. 338) that it is not common in Sardinia, but 

 a few pass there on the spring migration ; and Mr. C. A. Wright speaks of it (Ibis, 1864, p. 148) 

 as being a rather irregular visitor on Malta and Gozo, and somewhat rare. It generally appears 

 in May, August, and September ; but he has shot it there in December ; and he further writes 



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