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Pica caudata, Keys. & Bl. 



Occurs throughout West Finmark, as far north as Gjsesvser, 

 North Cape (71° 15'), in almost^ all of the fishing localities, or in 

 spots inhabited the year round. In East Finmark, it would seem 

 to occur less abundantly. 



On the sea-shore, in places destitute of arboreous growth, it 

 builds sometimes under the eaves of dwelling-houses, sometimes 

 in piled-up brushwood. In West Finmark, where they are protected 

 by the inhabitants, being regarded as harmless birds, they live 

 chiefly on the refuse of fish. So late as the 30th June (1872) I ob- 

 served a pair at Gjsesvser, each day busily engaged in building 

 their nest, imderneath a jetty. In this spot, the same pair had 

 brought up an earlier brood in the spring of the year. 

 Garrulus glandarius, Lin. 



Occurs north of the Trondhjemsfjord in limited numbers. In 

 July 1871, I found it in divers localities in Namdalen and towards 

 the boundary of Helgeland. In Nordland, it has been observed, 

 though rarely (Ranen) by Heltzen ; it ranges even beyond the Arctic 

 Circle into Saltdalen, where my fiiend Mr. Berbom has met with 

 it of late years as a resident (recorded 1872). 

 ■ Perisoreus infaustus, Lin. 



Is common in the fir-forests of East and West Finmark, up to 

 Alten (70°), but hardly further north, not ranging beyond the fir 

 woods. 



On the southern fells, it is also confined to the conifer woods, 

 rarely passing into the birch region. On the Dovre, for instance, 

 it is abundant in the uppermost fir-forests above Domaas, occurs 

 likewise in Foldalen, and at Opdal, on the northern side of the 

 fell, but on the loftiest fells, stray individuals only are met with. 



Mr. Barth, inspector of woods and forests, has sent me a spe- 

 cimen-nest, procured April 1st 1869, from the Lesje woods, on the 

 Dovre. The 3 eggs it contained were almost the same in colour; 

 length 31—33 mm by 22 mm. Diameter of nest, outside, 150 "^m, 

 inside, 87, height 110—120 mm. It was constructed principally 

 of TJsnea harhafa, and closely interwoven with dry fir-twigs, stripped 



