during the Spring and Summer 0/ 1857. 79 



This species was not uncommon along the neighbouring coast. 

 During an excursion to an adjacent fjord we saw seven in one 

 day, one of which was devouring a fish, and was so intently 

 engaged, that it took no notice of our boat, though we passed 

 close by the rock on which it was sitting. 



2. The Osprey. Falco halia'etus. 



One example only of this bird came under our notice when we 

 were rowing up Kop Elo from the Ofoden Fjord towards Kop 

 Vaud, about twenty miles north of Bodo. It flew directly over 

 our heads, and we had a capital view of it. 



3. The Peregrine Falcon. Falco peregrinus. 



This Falcon I saw for the first time on the 7th of May. On 

 the 16th of the same month I was watching a pair of Ravens, 

 which I knew had a nest in a cliff on the side of the valley oppo- 

 site to which I was lying, when I heard them making a great 

 noise at the other end. I soon saw the cause of it : a pair of 

 Peregrine Falcons had approached too near the nest, and were 

 being chased by the Ravens. The Falcons were ultimately driven 

 away. — P. G. 



No other example came under our notice. 



4. The Merlin. Falco asalon. 



Whilst watching the raven^s-nest mentioned in the last para- 

 graph, a Merlin settled on a stone a short distance from me, and 

 remained there some time arranging its feathers. — P. G. 



We subsequently saw one other bird of this species near the 

 same locality. 



5. The Kestrel. Falco tinnunculus. 



One specimen only of this bird came under our notice, which 

 had a nest in an inaccessible cliff on the edge of the marsh. 



6. The Rough-legged Buzzard {Falco lagopus) we saw but 

 seldom near Bodo. During an excursion northward we found 

 a nest, situated on the top of a Scotch-fir tree; it contained 

 young. Our attention was attracted to it by the cries of the 

 old birds, which kept flying round us as long as we were near 

 the spot. 



