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Osevand for Bluethroats ; we saw birds, but could find 

 no nests. 



We had dinner at Nystuen, and drove home to Maristuen 

 in a Stohl-kjoere, arriving at 11 p.m., too late to hear 

 what Lars had done when out over the hills to-day. 



Ji(72e 27. 



Tuesday, the 27th of June — a hot day — I was all right 

 again, and the Suletind expedition came off. This 

 morning on the plate along with our breakfast eggs were 

 two fine eggs of Eough-legged Buzzards obtained by Lars 

 yesterday on Sore Sul, behind Suletind. He reported 

 that the nest was in a bad place. The eggs, handsome 

 specimens, were fresh, or with faint blood-streaks in one. 



About eight o'clock we started for Suletind, going up the 

 old road (Norsk, gamle vei), at the side of which we saw 

 two Bluethroats, and, after a short search, found the 

 nest, the ? flying off. The nest only contained a couple 

 of eggs, so we left it for the present. 



Then we had a long and unsuccessful hunt for Sne- 

 fugle, only seeing one pair. 



Ascending a slope near the base of Suletinden we had a 

 good view at last of Bjerg-ulf . It rose from a stone in 

 front of us, and had our guns been unslung, it is possible 

 we might have killed it at long range. As it flapped 

 slowly away the round appearance of the head, neck, and 

 body appeared very distinctly. It took the direction of 

 the rocky hills above Maristuen, where we had been 

 searching for the nest on the 24th. 



We found excreta containing undigested bits of Eein- 

 deer skin and hair ; which Ole said was Glutton's doing. 



We had a long vain search for Snow Buntings' nests, 

 trying every way we could think of to discover them, but 

 we only saw four birds altogether, one of which, a <? , we 

 shot. 



