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lakes. It lays three or four yellowish-gray eggs, 

 marked with brown spots. 



The white-winged black tern (S. leucoptera, Tem- 

 nrinck). This bird is occasionally seen in Norway 

 and Sweden. According to Lloyd, it is rare in Den- 

 mark. Its habits are unknown. 



The whiskered tern (S. leucopareia) is simply a 

 casual visitor here. Kjaerbolling, the Danish natu- 

 ralist, says that it lays three or four eggs, pale green, 

 marked with brownish-gray and dark brown spots. 



The gull-billed tern (S. Anglica) and the noddy tern 

 (S. stolida) are neither of them found in Norway. 



The storm birds, as the petrels may be called, are 

 rather common on the west coast of Norway. Bul- 

 wer's petrel and Wilson's petrel are unknown here. 

 At any rate, I have not heard, on any trustworthy 

 authority, that they have been seen in this country. 

 The habits of these species are, strictly speaking, 

 maritime. They appear to live on the water, and are 

 only driven on land by high winds. 



The Fulmar petrel (Procellaria glacialis) . This bird 

 breeds in the Arctic regions. It is seen by sailors 

 skimming the water at a long distance from land. It 

 is often driven by gales of wind on to the coast of 

 Finmark and Nordland. During severe winters, it is 

 frequently met with in the south of Norway. I have 

 seen a specimen that was picked up dead in the E-oyal 

 Palace gardens at Christiania, after a severe storm. 

 It is called here the hav-hest, or sea horse, because it 

 is supposed, when breathing, to imitate the snorting 

 of a horse, while the way in which it walks the water 

 is considered to resemble a horse's gallop. The oil 

 extracted from it is said to be a remedy for rheumatic 



