164 SPORT IN NORWAY. 
The only feasible plan, I think, is to trap them late 
in the autumn; but as the Norwegian peasant has the 
most barbarous and primitive traps to be found any- 
where in the world, and thinks only of the market and 
the everlasting dollar, it is almost useless to rely on 
any assistance from that quarter. When in Norway I 
was authorized by the Acclimatization Society to offer a 
large sum per head for any specimens brought alive to 
me, and in good order; but I never succeeded in 
my endeavours, though I used every means for making 
my wishes known. It is true one man near Dahl, about 
thirty miles from town, caught one; but fearful lest it 
would fret itself to death, if kept even for a short time in 
solitary confinement, he wrung its neck. Imagine my 
disgust when I heard of it! The certainty of a mark 
to the prospective contingency of a couple of dollars 
proved too strong an inducement to the Bénde’s cal-- 
culating mind. 
The Caprrcanzie (Tiur, Roy) are generally plen- 
tiful in large forest districts. It is an interesting sight 
to watch the male bird (tiur) when he is paying 
his addresses to the female (réy). It occurs in the 
month of April. At about one a.m. the male birds begin 
to “‘ spille,” or “ lege,” as it is termed, literally “ play.” 
They perch usually on the branch of a Scotch fir tree, 
and commence making a peculiar noise with the beak, 
emitting three sounds in succession, like the knocking 
