232 Messrs. Pearson and Bidwell — Birds' -nesting 



Three-toed Woodpecker {Pico'ides tridactylus) , Saw 

 one in the Avood at the head of Botn fjord, and found a nest 

 just finished in a dead poplar. 



Cuckoo {Cuculus canorus). Seen in the Porsanger. 



-f Rough-legged Buzzard {Archibuteo lagopus). Seen on 

 the wing many times. A nest of three eggs just hatching 

 was taken by our engineer in the Porsanger on June 20tb, 



-f- White-tailed Eagle [Haliaetus albicilld). The only 

 Eagle identified. We found an eyrie on the Lofodens, and 

 climbed to within 100 feet of it, Avhen we could hear the 

 young birds. When steaming through the Magerosund at 

 12 o'clock at night we saw an Eagle on the wing. We also 

 had a fine view of one of these Eagles on the 28th : it was 

 seated on a rock near the water^s edge; we passed within 

 60 to 70 yards of it on the steamer. 



-f- Merlin {Falco cssalon). In the Porsanger we found a 

 nest with five eggs. It was placed on the face of a cliff" 

 behind a detached pinnacle of rock. 



Shag [Phalacrocorax graculus). Seen on some of the 

 islands in the Porsanger. 



Grey Lag Goose [Anser cinereus). We found several 

 nests (eggs six to four) on Storr Tamso ; and on a piece of 

 bog saw thirty-three birds feeding which allowed us to walk 

 within 100 yards of them before they rose. 



Common Sheldrake [Tadorna cornuta). Had a clutch of 

 eight eggs brought us in the Lofodeus which had been taken 

 on a small island where many Eiders breed. 



Teal [Querquedula crecca). A pair seen near the Aedfjord. 

 A clutch of six eggs has since been sent to us from the Lof oden 

 Islands. 



Long-tailed Duck {Harelda glacialis). Very common; 

 a pair on nearly every lake. 



Eider Duck [Somateria mollissima). Formerly the Eider 

 was protected by law on only a few islands, Storr Tamso, 



