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CHAPTER XIX. 



The Bustard. The Plover. The Stork. The Crane. The Spoon- 

 bill. The Heron. The Quail. The Ibis. The Godwit. The 

 Redshank. 



THE bustards are by no means common in Norway. 

 The great bustard (Otis tarda) is sometimes seen in the 

 south. The little bustard (0. tetrax) has been seen 

 once in the extreme south of this country by an English 

 traveller. 



The ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) is rather 

 common on the coast of Norway, especially about 

 Mandal, Lister, Stavanger, and in the Flekke and 

 Bukn fjords. It is but seldom seen in the Christiania 

 fjord. It arrives here in March and migrates in Sep- 

 tember; it nests on the strand of fjords or by the 

 seacoast. The female entices strangers away from its 

 nest. 



The little ringed plover (C. minor) is common in the 

 south of Norway ; it is also to be found on the banks 

 of the Glommen, Drammen, and Mandal rivers, as well 

 as in the Christiania and Kands fjords ; it migrates 

 early in September. Pontoppidan called this bird the 



