84 Messrs. P. and P. Godman on the Birds observed at Bodo 



the larger one^ which was about the size of our Black-headed 

 Bunting, we only saw one or two examples, and unfortunately 

 failed to get any. The other was a somewhat smaller though 

 similarly marked bird and tolerably abundant. Of this latter 

 we found one nest, and procured birds. 



33. The Yellow Bunting. Emberiza citrinella. 

 Two pairs only seen. 



34. The Brambling, Fringilla montifrinyUla. 



This bird, which we found extremely local in the country that 

 we explored, arrived on May 13th. There were two places, both 

 on the side of a mountain running N.W. and S.E., with a lake 

 at its foot, where they were not uncommon, and in these two 

 localities we found several nests. The birds were extremely 

 tame : in one instance we touched the hen with a gun before 

 she left the nest. They often would not fly away till one 

 of us was halfway up the tree where the nest was situated ; 

 but when once off, they left the place altogether, uttering 

 a note of distress. Every nest we found was in a birch-tree, and 

 generally from 15 to 20 feet from the ground. In no instance 

 did the Chaffinch come under our notice. 



35. The House Sparrows Fringilla domestica. 

 A few pairs about the village of Bodo. 



36. The Mealy Redpoll. Fringilla borealis. 



Flocks of these birds were to be seen on the small patches of 

 ground that were free from snow when we first arrived. During 

 the latter part of June and beginning of July we found several 

 of their nests. They were very neatly made, and situated gene- 

 rally in a stunted birch or willow tree. The structure was of 

 fibres and roots lined with the cotton-grass, Eriophorum angus- 

 tifolium. 



37. The Twite. Fringilla montium. 



This bird we saw throughout the summer on an island a short 

 distance from Bodo. We often watched them, but could never 

 discover a nest, though we have little doubt that they were 

 breeding there. We shot a female, in which the eggs in the 

 ovary were considerably enlarged. 



