98 384 



viduals — inclusive of the example previously recorded ^ — 

 were shot on Jsederen and in the neighbourhood of Stavanger, 

 in 1871. 



Fuligula cristata, Ray. 



Breeds scattered along the banks of rivers and lakes in the 

 north of the country, more particularly the interior of East Fin- 

 mark; but is nowhere abundant. 



A female, in plumage almost exactly resembling the male, 

 was shot in the Christianiafjord in February 1871, and is now pre- 

 served in the University Museum. Probably it was an old bird 

 that had ceased breeding: the ovary contained a cluster of "eggs, 

 each of the size of a pin's head. 



Old female (possibly sterile) in winter dress. — Total length 

 413 mm. Head and upper part of neck entirely black with strong 

 reflections, base of bill encircled with a pure white band, about 8 mm 

 in breadth, studded at the gape and beneath the lower mandible 

 with a number of black plumlets. Breast and lower part of neck 

 and breast brown, the feathers above fringed with red, and below 

 with whitish. Belly silken-white, back entirely brown. Crown of 

 the head adorned with a tall crest, in which the longest feathers 

 attain a length of 43 mm. 



Fuligula marila, Lin. 



North of the Polar Circle not so common as on the southern 

 fells, in Gudbrandsdal — for instance; it occurs, however, on rivers 

 and lakes, up to the Russian frontier. Like most of the Fuligu- 

 lince it lays its eggs somewhat later in the season than the Ana- 

 tince, and seldom before the end of June. 



Glaucion clang u la, Lin. 



Young birds of the preceding year do not, like the old ones, 

 frequent the mountain-lakes in summer time, but resort to the inland 

 extremities of the fjords, roaming about from creek to creek. A 

 detachment which I observed at Namsos, June 19th 1871, consisted 

 of not less than 40 individuals of both sexes, the males apparently 

 in adult plumage. 



' Forh. i Vid.-Selsk. 1871. p. 59. 



