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Gain nag gallinula^ Lin. 



Was observed north of the Polar Circle, in the autumn of 1849, 

 near Troms0, by Lilljeborg, and in Varanger, East Finmark, by 

 Sommerfelt. 



This species occurs nowhere in numbers, but is generally 

 met with in single individuals. My friend Mr. Brandt found it 

 even common in Surendal, S0ndre Trondhjems Amt, both in 1868 

 and 1871, not a few specimens having been killed by that gentle- 

 man in the autumn months. In the neighbourhood j )f__Bei:g^n 

 it winters every year . Individuals have also been shot near Christi- 

 ania, and elsewhere on the south coast, in the months of Januaiy 

 and February. 



Scolopax rusticola, Lin. 



As a breeding species, the northern limit of distribution 

 would appear to be a little north of the Arctic Circle, being by 

 no means a rare bird in Saltdalen. In Lofoten and Vesteraalen, 

 stray individuals only have been observed. It has been also found 

 on Troms0en (69<' 40'). 



On the sides of the fells, its occurrence is confined as a rule 

 to the conifer belt, but individual pairs breed at a greater altitude. 

 In 1868, on the Thelemark fells. Professor Rasch found young 

 birds, — which obviously must have been hatched in that locality, — 

 upwards of 3600' a. 1. s. On the Fillefjeld and the fells of Valders, 

 it was met with in several locaties in the summer of 1871, and in 

 1872 birds of the year were observed on the fells of Gudbrandsdal 

 at the same altitude. Almost every summer of late years, I have 

 observed individuals in Drivdalen, on the Dovre, above the forest 

 belt, on their „r6 dings". 



This evening flight continues till late in summer; individuals 

 thus engaged, were observed as late as 24tii July, at Hadeland (1867). 

 As a curiosity, it may be mentioned that I saw two half-fledged 

 birds in the game market of Christiania, so late as Aug. 28th, 1871. 

 A few birds are annually found wintering on the south . and 

 west coasts, as far north as the Polar Circle, where Mr. Berbom 

 met with it near running springs in, the beginning of January. 



