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in the gardens of the inhabitants, and several examples were kil- 

 led (recorded by Mr. Clausen). 



Fringilla coelehs, Lin, 



The northern limits of the distribution of this species being 

 near the Polar Circle (it is rare in Lofoten) I was surprised 

 to meet with a pair in the neighbourhood of the North Cape, in 

 June 1872. They had selected the rocky island of Gjsesvser (7P 10'), 

 which, save Salix herbacea, is destitute of any arboreous vegetation. 

 Here I observed it day after day searching for food in the inhabited 

 spots; the male, perched upon the „HJ8elder", or sitting on the rocks 

 and boulders washed by the Artie Ocean, would sound his well 

 known trilling note throughout the sunlit summer-night as well 

 as by day. 



Last winter — so exceptionally mild — considerable numbers 

 of this bird were constantly observed in the vicinity of Chri- 

 stiania. 



Fringilla monti fringilla, Lin. 



Common on the coast in all the conifer woods and birch woods 

 of Finmark, at least up to Alten (70°), but does hot occur along 

 the most northern fjords, the shores of which are destitute ot 

 forest growth. 



Shortly after the middle of June, the nests contain fresh eggs, 

 and by the 16th and 17th July, the young birds were numerous in 

 the fir-forests of Alten. The nests are composed principally of 

 moss, straws, and feathers, the materials being wrought together 

 less compactly than is the case with Fr. coelehs; some few are 

 thickly lined with reindeer-hairs or with the wool of Salix. They 

 are commonly 8 or 10 feet above the ground, being located in the 

 fork of a tree, between the trunk and the thickest of the branches. 

 The number of eggs was sometimes 7, generally 6. 



The stomachs both of old and young individuals were full of 

 the larvae of insects (Geometrid<x). 



Single individuals are annually found wintering in the southern 

 tracts. Last winter (1873—73), as in that of 1863 - 64, large num- 



