170 SPORT IN NORWAY. 
Sweden the year before, and that now there was a flock 
of them near the house. I instantly started off to 
investigate the matter. My dogs very speedily got 
a point in the rye stubble, and up got a covey of eleven 
strong partridges. This was about the end of Sep- 
tember, 1859, and as I only killed two and a half brace, 
I hope if a second Englishman, and a second couple of 
English dogs, should ever make their way to Fleer- 
moen they will have the satisfaction of finding that the 
three remaining brace have meanwhile become the 
founders of a flourishing colony.” 
During the last winter, however, several coveys have 
been seen in the neighbourhood of Throndhjem, a 
little above lat. 63°, and hopes are entertained that they 
will increase. | 
The Emer Duck (Edder fugl), although not pro- 
perly classed among the feathered game of Norway, is 
yet, I think, worthy of a place in this chapter.* 
The principal breeding-places of the eider duck are 
the coasts of Greenland, Spitzbergen, Iceland, Norway, 
the Farée Islands, and the Hebrides. They usually 
select small remote islands, called Aegge-Veer,t for 
their breeding-places. These Aegge-Ver very con- 
* The greater part of the following description has already 
appeared in ‘Chambers’ Edinburgh Journal ;” and as I was the 
author, I do not feel guilty of plagiarism in making use of it. 
+ Veer is a reef of rocks above water. 
