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"^ Wheatear [Saxicola cetianthe). (xenerally distributed. 

 Found nest with six eggs on the 17tli of June. 



Redstart {Ruticilla phcenicurus) . In the woods at the 

 head of Botnfjord. 



-f- Bluethroat {Cyanecula suecica) . First seen in the small 

 wood at the back of Bodo. It was singing when we arrived 

 at 2 A.M.J sometimes perched on a sallow (the tallest bush in 

 the wood), and at other times rising a few feet into the air. In 

 the Porsanger we found two nests with seven and six eggs 

 respectively. One was placed in moss and Empeti'um nigrum 

 under a small dead juniper; another was in some juniper- 

 bushes clothing the side of a rock — in each instance on high 

 ground and some distance from water. 



Willow Warbler {Phylloscopus trochilus). In every 

 wood and willow marsh we heard this bird^ and many times 

 saw it with building material. Four days before we left the 

 Porsanger, a Finn brought us an egg. 



Icterine Warbler {Hypolais icterina) . When the tourist 

 steamer landed her passengers at the head of Holandfjord, 

 on the 28th of June, to see the Svartizen glacier, which here 

 comes down to within half a mile of the water's edge, we 

 utilized the time by searching the woods that clothe the 

 hill-side up to the glacier. Here we found a nest of the 

 Icterine Warbler with two eggs ; it was placed in the fork 

 of a birch-tree about 15 feet from the ground. We could 

 hear another male singing on the other side of the valley, 

 but had not time to search for the nest. The only recorded 

 instance of this bird occurring within the Arctic Circle is the 

 specimen obtained by Messrs. F. and P. Godman at Bodo in 

 1857 (Ibis, 1861, p. 82), and we believe ours are the first 

 eggs ever taken in that region. 



Black-bellied Dipper {Cinclus melanog aster). Seen 

 above Aedfjord. 



Marsh-Titmouse [Parus palustris) . In the woods at the 

 head of Botnfjord. 



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