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Turdus musiciLs L. Near Abisko (Sept. 17) Redwings were very 

 common in the birchwoods. 



Turdus torquatus torquatiis L. The Ring-Ouzel was numerous near 

 Abisko on Sept. 17. 



Falco columharius œsalon Tunstall. On Sept. 17 near Abisko, I saw 

 the same (?) Merlin several times, persecuting Snow-Buntings in the 

 mountains. 



Anser spec. Near the Vigten Isles I saw two specimens of a 

 dark-coloured Goose, which were probably Anser fahalis fahalis 

 (Lath.). 



Somateria mollissima moUissima (L.). The Common Eider was very 

 numerous along the entire Norwegian Coast, especially north of Trond- 

 hjem, where it often breeds ia artificial nests. I saw the first ducklings 

 near the Vigten Isles on June 16. 



Oidemia fusca fusca (L.). On June 16 I saw a pretty large flock 

 of Velvet Scoters some miles north of Besaker. 



Mergns merganser merganser L. I observed one spec, an adult 

 male near Fuglö, south of Bodo, fiying over the sea on June 17. 



Mergtis serrator L. The Red-breasted Merganser is a very common 

 duck along the Norwegian Coast. 



Phalacrocorax gracidus gractdiis (L.). The Shag is not so numerous 

 as the Cormorant on the Norwegian Coast. Old specimens are easily 

 recognizable by their crests, the lack of the white spots, and the 

 smaller size. These differences are not so distinct in young spec, 

 especially as the size is a characteristic, difficult to observe in birds 

 in the field. 



Colymbus stellatas Pontopp. The Red-throated Diver is a bird, 

 observed very numerously along the whole Norwegian Coast. Espe- 

 cially north of Bodo they are plentiful. 



Sterna paradisaea Brunn. The Arctic Tern is common along the 

 coast of Norway. 



Larus fuscus fuscus L. The pretty Lesser Black-backed Gull, as 

 well as the Herring-Gull, likes to follow the steamers and is very 

 common in Norway. They are much darker than the British form, 

 which I have formerly seen on the Scottish W. Coast. In Septem- 



