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Calidris arenaria, Lin. 



As in September 1870/ large flocks of this species were ob- 

 served on the flat shores of Jsederen in 1871, on their autumn 

 flight. On the lOtii of September, Mr. Bahr brought down at 

 one shot, out of a flock consisting of this species and Tr. cindus, 

 10 of the latter and 6 of the former. These individuals, which were 

 feeding on the beach when the tide was out, were all in the normal 

 autumn dress. 



Further north than Tromso, near which town birds of the year 



were observed, by Lilljeborg, in the autumn of 1849, it has not been 



shown to occur. The statement according to which this bird is said 



to breed in the interior of Norway, must be regarded as premature. ^ 



T ring a canutus, Lin. 



The occurrence in Norway of this bird as a breeding species 

 has not yet been sufficiently established. Sommerfelt and Nordvi 

 have observed it, though rarely, in East Finmark, and believe even 

 they have found its eggs there. In the autumn, at the beginning 

 of September, it makes its appearance along the whole coast. 

 Tringa mar it im a, Briinn. 



Breeds scattered in the marshes of East and West Finmark. 

 The 16th June, near the North Cape, I observed a brood protected 

 by the male bird; of the female I saw nothing. The male measured' 

 as follows: — Total length 209 mm; wing .12672^ tail 59, tarsus 

 21, middle toe 20+5 mm. The pectoral region dark cinereous 

 grey bordered with whitish, and dotted here and there with black. 

 The belly and under part of the rump are not white, but dark 

 grey, each feather for the most part being blackish, and broadly 

 fringed with white. This white margin is still broader in individ- 

 uals shot in Lofoten, 1833, by Professor Esmark, the whitish breast 

 and belly being spotted with black and white. 



Young in down, newly hatched (about 4 days old), measured' 

 as follows: — Total length 85 mm, culmen 11, tarsus 20 mm. Upper 

 parts reddish brown with black shadings, and tipped here and there 



' Vide Nyt Mag. f. Naturv. Vol. 18, ]>. 208, 

 ^ ,NdVgcs Fugle", p. 164. 



