A USEFUL BIRD. 133 



banks of all the Norwegian fjords ; it is a summer 

 visitor to the North Cape and East Finmark. 



Nilsson says that this bird is considered extremely 

 useful by the fishermen of Sweden, as, when the water 

 on the coast is low, it proceeds to the bare rocks, and 

 destroys large numbers of small crabs (Cancer pulex), 

 which are so injurious to the fishing-nets that they 

 render them useless in a single night. 



Richard's pipit (Anthus Richardi). For the infor- 

 mation of travelling naturalists, I may mention that a 

 specimen of this species, shot near Frederickshald in 

 Norway, may be seen in the Zoological Museum at 

 Christiania. 



