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Maristuen, on the Fillefjeld (2800'); in the winter-time, it also seeks 

 the neighbourhood of inhabited spots on the loftiest fells (Nystuen, 

 3130'). 



Parus cocruleus, Lin. 



The statement of Sommerfelt senrr, in „Topografisk Journal for 

 Norge", Part 24, to the effect, that this species occurs in Finmark, 

 would seen to be erroneous. It is a scarce bird not farther north 

 than the Trondhjemsfjord, and may not yet have been observed in 

 .Nordland. On Inder0en (64°), I found a nest of young birds, 

 18ti" June 1871, in the hollow stem of a Salix cajxraea. 



Partis ater, Lin. 



Individuals have been found once or twice in East Finmark by 

 Nordvi^; but this bird does not customarily range beyond Nordland. 

 Parus horealis, Longch. 



Supplants in the north of the country the following and is 

 the commonest species of the genus north of the Arctic Circle; 

 it is a tolerably well-known bird in most of the woody districts 

 of Finmark, at least in West Finmark as far north as Alten. A 

 nest was found on the 20'^ June in the valley of the Maalselv; it 

 was built in a dead birch stump, which the bird had hollowed out 

 for the purpose, the materials of the nest consisting of fine bark 

 strips. In its nidification, the species is thus constantly distinguished 

 from Parus palustris, which selects some natural cavity in the tree, 

 and constructs its nest of moss, straws, and feathers.^ 

 Parus palustris, Lin. 



Occurs north of the Trondhjemsfjord, but in limited numbers 

 only; on Inder0en (64*^), I found a nest of young 18th June 1871. 

 This is the most northerly locality in which its occurrence has 

 been satisfactorily established. All statements concerning the 

 species in the northern parts of the country, would seem to refer 

 to the. preceding species ; for in no case are both mentioned together. 

 Parus ductus, Bodd. 



Distributed over most of the wooded tracts of Finmark, chiefly 



' Ofv. Kgl. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1861, p. 90. 



' Vide Dresser and Sharpe, „A History of the Birds of Europe", Part XI. 



