438 TEN YEAES IN SWEDEN. 



edged with white ; under parts white. In winter the 

 cheeks, throat, and front sides of the neck, white. 

 I do not believe this bird is extinct, although not one 

 has been seen, nor an egg taken, for several years. Never 

 bred on any Scandinavian coast. The value of this bird and 

 egg is as well known in the North as in England. But 

 about ten years ago a couple of eggs were sold in Denmark 

 for 50 dollars, a little over 5. 



It will be seen by the foregoing list that 299 species of 

 birds are included in the Scandinavian fauna, and out of 

 these about 230 are indigenous, or breed in the land; 

 whereas, out of the 357 British species, scarcely 180 breed 

 in Great Britain ; out of 299 Scandinavian species, 277 are 

 also met with in Britain. So that this list will be very 

 useful to the British as well as the Scandinavian collector, 

 as giving him concise descriptions of the greater part of the 

 birds met with in Great Britain. 



Dr. Bree, in his new list of the European birds, gives us 

 553 species. Of these 



4 are doubtful as to authority of occurrence or species. 

 67 of undoubted, though of more or less rare, occurrence. 

 482 may fairly be considered as belonging to the Euro- 

 pean avi fauna. 

 553 total. 



BIRDS MET WITH IN SPITZBERGEN AND 

 GREENLAND. 



In order to render this work as complete as possible, and 

 a useful guide to the collector and naturalist, I add a list of 

 all the birds at the present day met with both in Spitzbergen 

 and Greenland. 



The list of the birds of Spitzbergen is by Malmgren, who 

 visited that island in 1862 with the Swedish expedition. 



