126 THE NATURALIST IN NORWAY. 



visits England. The following is Nilsson's description 

 of the northern nightingale' s song : 



" Tjun, tjun, tjun, tjun 



Spi tui zqua 



Tjo tjo tjo tjo tj5 tjo tjo tix ; 

 Qutio qutio qutio qutio 

 Zquo zquo zquo zquo 

 Tzy tzy tzy tzy tzy tzy tzy, tzy, tzy, tzi, 

 Quorrov tui zqua pipiquisi." 



The northern nightingale rests in bushy thickets 

 near the water, and lays from four to five yellow-brown 

 eggs. 



The blue -throated warbler (Sylvia Suecica). This 

 beautiful little bird is commonly found in summer in 

 Nordland and Finmark, also in the Throndjem Amt, 

 and in the Dovre-fjeld. It breeds in the far north. 

 The throat and breast are metallic blue in colour, with 

 a patch of bright red-brown on the latter. It makes 

 its nest in bushes near the water, and sits in June on 

 four or five pale green eggs. 



The white-throat (S. cinerea) and the lesser white- 

 throat (Curruca sylviella] are pretty common in cen- 

 tral and southern Norway ; they neither of them 

 venture north of Throndjem. The latter species is 

 called ntolleren, or the miller, in this country, from its 

 incessant klapp, Tdapp, which resembles the noise made 

 by the little mill that is placed in cherry-trees to scare 

 away birds. 



The garden warbler (Sylvia hortensis) is called in 

 Norway havesanger, or garden songster. It is found 

 in all parts of the country, and its sweet note is often 

 heard in the most dreary parts of Norwegian Lapland. 



The black-cap (Motacilla atricapilla) is also com- 



