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very seldom in the central part, and still more rarely 

 to us in Anlialt." 



In the same journal for 1852, p. 82, there is an 

 interesting account of the nidification of this bird, by 

 Baldamus, from which I take the following : — " T. 

 stagnatilis is not common in Hungary, and it is very 

 wild. I saw a flight of about twenty the middle of 

 June, and I killed three after many shots. This bird 

 breeds in the middle and northern parts of Hungary. 

 The ranger Knotz, who knew these '^ water-runners' very 

 well, assured me of this, and it is placed beyond 

 all doubt by the observations of my young friend, 

 Pelenyi, by whom many nests with eggs were found, 

 and who has some excellent observations about this 

 species in his earlier monograph upon Hungarian birds. 

 I found eggs exactly like them in the White Morass, 

 but as I cannot speak with certainty myself, I merely 

 remark that the eggs resemble those of T. calidris and 

 T. glareola in form, colour, and characteristic markings, 

 yet they are smaller than those of T. glareola.'''' 



According to Pallas, the eggs are greenish white, 

 marked with spots and dots of dark brown, and 

 Degland suggests that it probably nests in the Crimea, 

 in addition to the other European localities mentioned 

 in the above notice. Degland quotes the authority of 

 the Odessa Professor, M. Nordmann, in proof that the 

 Marsh Sandpiper " is as good a swimmer as the 

 Phalaropes; that when it arrives at Odessa in the 

 spring, it does not shew any fear; that when several 

 individuals are surprised walking on the shores^ of a 

 pond, unless they are chased very roughly, they throw 

 themselves into the water, keep very close together, 

 and escape by swimming away, rather than by flying;" 

 and he concludes his quotation by saying, that it is 



