Wolley, who first made known the breeding-habits and
eggs of this species, found it sparsely in several
localities north of the Bothnian Gulf, and tells us that
it generally nests upon grassy banks, and pastures by
the waterside, and seems to delight in the neighbourhood
of houses; he remarks upon its extraordinary
tameness, and alludes to its constant trilling note
uttered both when on wing, and from its standing
place, and says that this note slightly resembles that of
the Grasshopper Warbler. The nest is a simple
arrangement of a few short bits of hay in a little saucershaped
hollow, generally not far from the water’s edge,
but sometimes in the middle of a meadow. The eggs
in 1854 were laid about midsummer day. I quote the
above details from Hewitson’s ‘ Eggs of British Birds,’
3rd ed. vol. ii. p. 362. Col. Irby found Temminck’s
Stint commonly in small parties during the winter, in
the neighbourhood of Gibraltar, and says that a very
favourite locality for these birds was the abandoned or
unused salt-pans near Pulmones. He did not observe
any in those parts later than the month of March.