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and females, in good condition. The intestinal passage contained 

 numevous Ascarides, some of which had passed up into the stomach. 

 The latter was full of the larvse of Eateres, and a few other 

 Colco2}tcra. 



On the south coast, some of the flocks tarry til late in the 

 autumn; Mr. Bahr found them as late as November, 1871, on the 

 frozen marshes in the Jsederen district, and possibly it may occur 

 here in the winter too; Febr. 16tii, 1862, I saw an individual in 

 the game market of Christiania. 



Squatarola helv etica, Lin. 



A few individuals only have been observed or shot in Fin- 

 mark, in the fall of the year, from the latter end of August 

 (Nordvi), — never in the actual breeding-season, and there is, I 

 believe, no proof of the species ever having bred on Norwegian 

 ground. The line of migration to and from their eastern breeding- 

 haunts passes along the coast of Norway; this is the case in par- 

 ticular with the autumn flights, many of which are annually observed 

 on the sea-shore in the west and south of the country". 



In the stomachs of individuals shot near Christiania, in Sept- 

 ember 1870, I found insects, chiefly Coleoptera, of the genus Bcm- 

 hidiiim, CurctiUonidce, Aphodii and Harpalini, also Hemipfera, 

 a few freshwater molluscs (Limnceus palustyis)^ gravel, and seeds 

 of a sea-shore plant. 



Eudromias morincllus, Lin. 



Everywhere scattered over the plateaus of the fells in Fin- 

 mark, but is not a very conspicuous bird in the breeding-time. 



A nest taken near the Porsangerfjord, July 5tii, contained ,3 

 eggs, almost incubated. Wishing to preserve the young birds as 

 specimens, I hatched them myself, in the course of four and twenty 

 hours, for the m.ost part by keeping them on my breast. Their 

 total length was 78 mm, tarsus 25. ' 



In the stomachs of individuals shot in June, 1871, ontheDovre, 

 I ioxmA Coleoptera, c\uei\y Bcmhidium, larva of Elafcrci, Lunihrici, 

 and fine gravel. 



' Dress describeti in Nyt Mag. f. Natiuv. Vol. 18, p. 196. 



