152 THE NATUKALIST IN NOEWAY. 



nordvinds-fugl, or north-wind bird, because the pea- 

 sants living on the coast supposed that its cry prog- 

 nosticated the approach of a north wind. The bishop 

 also mentioned a bird which he called the sondenvinds- 

 fugl, or south-wind bird, as it came with a south wind. 

 " So that/' observes the learned divine, " those two 

 birds served as an excellent weather-glass, forming 

 their previsions of the weather by the pressure of the 

 winds on their bodies, somewhat after the fashion of 

 people who know by the feelings of their bodies when 

 there will be a change in the weather." The excellent 

 bishop was evidently troubled with corns. 



The Kentish plover (C. Cantianus) is called in Nor- 

 way the hvidbrysted-ryle, or white-breasted plover ; it 

 is only occasionally seen in the south of this country. 



The dotterel (C. morinellus) is called in Norway 

 rund-fugl, or round bird. It is scattered all over 

 Norway, and is found even near the North Cape. 

 Its breeding-grounds here are on the strands of moun- 

 tain lakes, but when the young are fledged it resorts to 

 the seacoast. 



The golden plover (C. pluvialis) is common as far 

 north as the North Cape. It is found on all the low 

 moors, and on the strand of the lonely islands north 

 of Throndjem. It is frequently seen in spring near 

 Christiania, and also in August, when migrating. 

 It is called here the fjeld-hjerpe. Pontoppidan men- 

 tions it under the name heilo, and says, "It is of a 

 greenish colour on the back, and marked on the breast 

 with black and white spots." 



The gray plover (Squatarola cinerea) is also common 

 in Norwegian Lapland. Nilsson says of it, {( Kottet dr 

 godt," or, " Its flesh is good." 



