3^8 Messrs. Pearson cmd Bi dwell — Birds' -nesting 



the steamer stayed at Tromso^ and two hours, when the 

 steamer landed her passengers to see the Svartizen glacier. 

 "We visited the museums at Tromso, Trondhjem, and Bergen. 

 The first contains a small but interesting collection of birds, 

 including a beautiful albino Blackcock, shot in the district, 

 with only two small black feathers, also a buff-coloured 

 Blackcock. We saw there the eggs and young in down of 

 the Ivory Gull, which were figured in ' The Ibis ■" in 1888 

 (p. 440). Unfortunately the hybrids between the Black 

 Grouse and the Willow Grouse had been sent away to be 

 figured. There were also several specimens of Colymbus 

 adamsi obtained in the neighbourhood; in fact, most of the 

 Northern Divers were of this species. The collection of birds 

 at Bergen is much larger than those atTromso andTrondhjem, 

 and is specially strong in game-birds. The only known 

 hybrid between the Black Grouse and Capercailie is to be 

 seen here. 



We now give our notes on the species of birds observed 

 during our tour, the order and nomenclature used being 

 those of the B. O. U. List :— 



I Redwing (Tardus iliacus). Tromso was the most north- 

 erly place where we saw this bird, and w^e took a nest of 

 four there (much incubated) on June 27th, although a nest 

 of five fresh eggs was brought to us in the Porsanger on 

 the 21st. 



Fieldfare {Turdus pilaris) . Found breeding at most of 

 the places we visited, but only in small numbers ; partly, 

 perhaps, because there were so few trees large enough for 

 them to build in. Their favourite tree appears to be the 

 birch, and in those parts of the country where the upper 

 part of the tree has been cut off for fuel the nest is often 

 placed on the top of the stump. 



Ring-Ouzel {Turdus torquatus). Several pairs seen on 

 one of the islands in the Porsanger. In Grundfjord we saw 

 a male feeding at 12 p.m. among the stones just uncovered 

 by the ebbing tide. 



