156 R. Collett. 



In the beginning of June they were yet observed in 

 several places in the soutiiern parts of the country, and 

 dispersed birds were seen still in July. In no place have 

 they bred, or shown signs of an inclination to breed. 



From the beginning of July nothing more was heard 

 of them, and it appeared, as if from that time they had 

 been all killed or driven away. It was therefore unexpected, 

 that towards the end of the autumn some of these birds 

 were again seen or shot in the southern coastal districts, 

 and even on the 3'"'^ January 1889 one was seen, the last, 

 that is known to have been observed in Norway during 

 the Immigration ofi888. Whether these last individuals had 

 just arrived (from Jutland), cannot be decided; but it may 

 be remarkcd, that just before their first appearance (27*^ Oct.) 

 a violent southerly gale had raged in the southernmost 

 parts of the country; and just at the same time a renewed 

 Immigration was noticed in several parts of Jutland (vide 

 Winge, Vidensk. Medd. Naturh. Foren. Kjöbenhavn 1889, 

 p. 82, etc.). So far as is known, both sexes have been equally 

 represented. Of the specimens shot, several have been pre- 

 served in the Museums of the country, the supply to the 

 Stavanger Museum being the greatest, as it obtained a 

 considerable number from the adjacent district of Jäderen. 



In Listerland, a flat, sandy, coastal district to the 

 westward of Lindesnäs, thus in the southernmost portion 

 of the land, they first appeared on the 12''^ May. They were 

 seen there in coveys, numbering 3o to 60 individuals. They 

 lived in the immediate neighbourhood of the Strand, and 

 also on the neighbouring heaths, and were not shy; several 

 specimens of the first flock were shot, and two of them for- 

 warded to the Christiania University Museum, and one to 

 the Museum in Bergen.*) 



Subsequently the University Museum obtained several 

 specimens from the same locality, which were shot between 

 the 16^'' and 22"'^ of May, and on the 17"^ of June. 



*) See »The Ibis« 1888, p. SyS. 



