with in all sorts of strange places, I should say, from 

 my own experience in the south of Europe, that its 

 favourite haunts are the patches of tamarisk-jungle that 

 are often to be found in the marshes ; in struggling 

 through these thickets I have frequently come within a 

 few feet, I might say inches, of one or two of these 

 curious birds drawn up close in the attitude that I have 

 attempted to describe, and in Epirus my retriever caught 

 several of them amongst the tamarisks. This species is 

 a more or less common summer migrant to Central and 

 Southern Europe, but is said to be uncommon to the 

 north of the Baltic. 



