446 PLECTUOPIIAlSrES NIVALIS. 



^ 2403. Four. — Vardo, East Finmark. FromHeiTLelmsmanJ 

 Keen, 1855. 



I saw this species on the islands off Vardo, but do not know 

 whether it breeds there. 



[I also saw a cock bird on Homo, one of these islands, on the c'iff just 

 above the landing-place, 18 June, 1855. It was evidently breeding, but we 

 did not find the nest.] 



§ 2404. 6>;^^.— Havningberg, East Finmark, 3 July, 1857. 

 "J.W." 



Found l)y myself a little to the north of Vardo. I saw the cock 

 go into a cleft of the rock, and on examining it I saw also the hen 

 leaving her eggs. I had to go a long way to fetch a stick to extract 

 the nest. There were large young inside the five eggs, and when I 

 got to Muoniovara they were all of them broken. 



[Only one was fit to be mended.] 



% 2405. Two. — Greenland. From Capt. Holboll, through llcrr 

 Sysselmand Miiller, 1857. 



§ 2406. Five. — Hafaleiti, South-western Iceland, 5 June, 1858. 

 "J. W." 



Found by myself on our way from Kyrkjuvogr to Keflavik. Tiie 

 hen bird flew near [Mr. Newton and myself], and as we stopped 

 for a few minutes to watch, she flew down at about ten paces' distance 

 behind a stone and did not appear again. I went to the place, when 

 she flew out, and after removing a few stones we arrived at the nest, 

 which is now before me. It is made externally of fine grass and a 

 little moss — very little, a few fine roots and so forth : towards the 

 interior it has still finer and lighter grass, while internally it is 

 lined with fine white hair (horse's ?), a bit of sheep's wool, and about 

 a dozen Ptarmigan's feathers, of which two are coloured. It is a 

 large compact nest. 



I found another nest the same day near Utskalar, by the bird 

 flying out of the hole with materials in her mouth. 



