22 208 



always affected; in the latter year, particularly, it was very abun- 

 dant. At the close of July, the adult young perched, scattered in 

 groups, upon the fences to the meadows^ (62°). 

 Plectrophanes nivalis, Lin. 



Found breeding in considerable numbers on Mager0en and most 

 of the smaller islands on the Norwegian shore of the Arctic Ocean. 

 A nest found in a fissure of an all but inaccessible rock on an 

 islet near the North Cape, contained nestlings 29th June 1872. Both 

 parents brought food to their young, consisting mainly of TipuUdce. 



As a rule, the nests are built in cairns or mounds of stones, 

 and as the bird sits close upon her eggs, it is no easy .matter to 

 find one. The eggs are laid a day or two before the middle of 

 June; on the southern fells, often at a considerable altitude. At 

 Suletind, on the Fillefjeld, for instance, 4 nests, containing each 

 4 or 5 eggs, were found the last two years by Mr. Lysne, all 

 of them about 5000' a. 1. s. It rarely winters in the most northern 

 districts of Finmark, and does not occur abundantly further north 

 thanTroms0; it subsequently passes the winter in the coast region, 

 in countless numbers. 



Pinicola enucleator, Lin. 



The occurrence of this species north of the Polar Circle has 

 not been satisfactorely established. At Saltdalen (67° 20), it was 

 observed by Smf. sen'- in July 1818, and of late years, byMr. Ber- 

 bom. In Finmark it has not been found; possibly, however, it 

 may breed in Sydvaranger, Nordvi having procured its eggs from 

 Enare. 



Pyrrhula vulgaris, Temm. 



Common as far north as Salten, but does not probably range 

 as a resident beyond the Polar Circle. Individuals have occur- 

 red at Troms0, and Sommerfelt has observed it, though rarely, in 

 East Finmark. 



* In the University Museum there is a specimen of the male bird, shot near Chri- 

 stiania in the beginning of May 1839. In this example, the black on the head 

 and breast is still fringed with the white edgings of the winter-dress; this is 

 also the case with the reddisii-brown band on the nape. 



