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Lapland Bunting [Calcar'ms lapponicus). Veiy coaiiuou 

 ia the Lofodens and the Porsaager. Nests, which were 

 always lined with feathers^ were generally hard to find, as 

 they were placed in Empetruin nigrum, and the female, on 

 hearing the male bird^s alarm-note, quietly steals off the 

 nest. On the shore at Storr Tamso, at low tide, we noticed 

 dozens of male birds feeding amongst the heaps of seaweed. 

 The number of eggs varied from four to six. 



Magpie {Pica rustica). A pair seen near every group of 

 houses. The only nests the Norwegian boys appear to dis- 

 turb are those containing eggs good to eat. 



Hooded Crow [Corvus cornix). Seen wherever there 

 were woods. We were much amused at watching a pair of 

 Hooded Crows mobbing a pair of White-tailed Eagles on 

 one of the Lofodens. The Crows had a nest with young in 

 the same valley as the Eagles. On our approach, the Eagles 

 both took wing, and continued to circle high in the air above 

 the eyrie ; although the Crows^ nest was half a mile away, 

 they immediately flew at the Eagles, and for over an hour 

 were pursuing one or other of them. 



Raven {Corvus corax). Seen on several occasions. On 

 one of the Lofodeu Islands we saw a family-party, consisting 

 of two parent-birds and four young ; one of the old birds 

 and two of the young had patches of white feathers on the 

 wings. 



Sky-Lark {Alauda arvensis) . Seen at Bodo. 



Shore-Lark {Otocorys alpestris). We were too late for 

 eggs, but we saw the bird several times in the Porsanger. 

 When Avalking over a low -lying island about I a.m., we dis- 

 turbed a Shore-Lark. It flew only a few yards before settling 

 again, and then commenced to sing — it was a very sweet, low 

 warble. When between one and two thousand feet up a 

 fell on June 23rd, just at the highest point, we shot a male 

 Shore-Lark which was feeding beside a large patch of snow. 



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