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.
