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mon, and is dignified by being called munlten, or the 

 monk. It migrates from Finmark towards the end of 

 August. The same may be said of the whinchat 

 (Saxicola rubetra), and of the wheat-ear (Saxicola 

 oenanthe) . The latter is seen in the Dovre-fjeld, wing- 

 ing its flight, and singing above the regions of perpe- 

 tual snow. 



The robin (Motacilla rubecula) is common in Norway, 

 but is seldom seen within the Polar Circle. It arrives 

 in this country in the beginning of April, and migrates 

 in the middle of September. Some few of the species 

 are said to remain in Norway throughout the winter. 



The redstart (Lusciola phoenicura) visits Norwegian 

 Lapland ; I once found its nest in an old garden wall 

 near Christiania. It is called in Norway rodstjcert } or 

 red- tail. 



The wood warbler (Sylvia sibilatrix) is pretty com- 

 mon in this country, but does not venture within the 

 Polar Circle. 



The willow warbler (8. trochilus) is common every- 

 where, even in Finmark. The chiffchaff (8. Tiippo- 

 lais) is also to be met with in Finmark. The sedge- 

 warbler (Salicaria phragmitis) is also common in 

 Finmark ; but the reed- warbler (Sylvia arundinacea) 

 does not venture within the Polar Circle, although it is 

 common in other parts of the country. The hedge- 

 sparrow (Accentor modularis) is common in Norway, 

 even in Norwegian Lapland. It arrives in this coun- 

 try as early as March, and migrates as late as the end 

 of November. The Alpine accentor (A. Alpinus) does 

 not visit Norway at all. 



The gold-crested wren (Regulus cristatus) is called 

 in Norway the " Bird-king," no doubt from its golden 



