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warbling notes. In flight it rises in the air, fluttering the 

 wings, and descends again to its perch. 



I found another Fieldfare's nest with six eggs pretty hard 

 set, and another with onl}^ one egg, which T did not take. 



Other birds seen to-day by one or other of us were 

 Redstart, two or three ; Twite, one shot, many seen ; 

 Brambling, a pair seen ; and a pair of Magpies have a 

 nest close to the station. 



We dined at 5 p.m., and after we had skinned our 

 birds, we had Ole Lysne — nephew of the house, and 

 cousin to Ole Nystuen— for a long talk. He spoke good 

 English, and we got much information from him. He 

 had written to us that his cousin, Ole Nystuen, would not 

 be able to work for us, and offering his own services, but 

 we never got this letter. He said he had shot an Eagle 

 Owl near the bridge, and that he thinks the Divers here 

 are Eed-throated and not Black-throated — a mistake, 

 however [e.r.a.]. He told us that it had only taken 

 three days' warm weather to clear away all the snow, and 

 that during the rest of the time since we were here before, 

 it was thoroughly wintry weather with snow and wind. 



To-morrow we arranged to go with him to get speci- 

 mens of Willow Grouse (Skov Ryper) about two miles 

 from this, and to visit a marsh where Great Snipe are 

 found, 



Ju7ie 7. 



On Wednesday, the 7th of June, began our real Fjeld 

 work. About nine o'clock we started, with Ole Nystuen 

 as our assistant, to try and get a few specimens of Ptar- 

 migans (Fjeld Ryper). We ascended the long sloping 

 hill behind Maristuen — and after an hour's walk got to 

 the Fjeld Ryper ground. The first pair we fired at — • 

 sitting (!) — got clean away, the hen going off her nest, in 

 which we got four handsome eggs. Alston sat down near 

 the nest to wait the return of the hen, and Ole and I took 



