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The coveys remained in Listerland the whole of May, 

 and specimens were offered for sale almost daily in the 

 neighbouring town of Farsund ; likewise in the month of 

 June they were, on the whole, numerous, notwithstanding 

 that they were everywhere persecuted, and not a few were 

 shot (one of my informants says »many hundreds«). In 

 the course of June their numbers greatly diminished, and 

 they became thinner for want of suitable nourishment. The 

 last was observed in this locality in the middle of July. 



In Jäderen district, which on the whole is similar to 

 Listerland in its natural surroundings, but the area of which 

 is very much larger, they appeared about the same time, as 

 in Lister; possibly some days later. The lirst covey 

 which is mentioned as having been observed in this district, 

 was Seen at Närbö and Kvalben on the 22"^^ of May. At 

 the first named place the covey numbered 80, at the latter 

 35 individuals; several of these were shot and forwarded to 

 the Museum in Stavanger. 



In Jäderen they were seen at various places from 

 Ogne to Stavanger during the end of May and beginning 

 of June. The coveys, on account of the persecution, to which 

 they were exposed, were greatly dispersed , and often only 

 a brace or some few were seen together, Nevertheless a 

 covey was observed on the Strand in Ryfylke (in northern 

 Jäderen) in the end of May, which numbered about 100 

 individuals. 



In the end of June they were not observed more 

 generally, but still in the beginning of July the Stavanger 

 Museum obtained a specimen, shot in Jäderen. That they 

 have not bred in that locality which apparently would have 

 afforded them suitable quarters for brooding, appears to 

 be undoubted. 



The remaining diverse occasions, on which they have 

 been met with, may be registered under the following three 

 areas: the southeast coast, the inner parts and the west- 

 coast (Bergen Stift). 



In the southern coastal regions scattered individuals or 

 small coveys were observed, chiefly in the latter part of 



