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deciduous trees, one seldom or never meets with it. It is 

 not a native of Denmark. 



The Black Grouse (Orre, Sw. ; T. Tetrix, Linn.) was also 

 abundant with us, and likewise thoughout the greater part 

 of the peninsula, as high up at least as the 68 of latitude, 

 which would seem to be its limits to the northward. It is 

 found in parts of Denmark, in which country, however, it 

 was formerly much more plentiful than at present.* 



The Hazel Hen (Hjerpe, Sw. ; T. Bonasia, Linn.) was 

 scarce in my vicinity, which might be considered its limits 

 to the southward. In all the wooded districts of the more 

 northern parts of the peninsula this bird is quite common. 

 M. von Wright assigns the 67 10' N. lat. as its limits 

 to the northward. It seems questionable whether it can be 

 claimed by the Danish fauna. 



The Fjdll-Ripa (Lagopus alpina. Linn.). This bird, 

 which I imagine to be identical with our ptarmigan, was not 

 found in my neighbourhood. It is abundant in all the higher 

 mountain-ranges of the peninsula, as far up even as the 

 immediate vicinity of the North Cape. 



The Dal-Ripa (L. subalpina, Nilss.). Neither was this 

 bird an inhabitant of my part of the country. As with the 

 Fjall-Ripa, it is very common everywhere in the north, as 

 well in the sub-alpine regions as in the forest, where I was 

 in the habit of meeting with it daily. The 60 N. latitude 

 would seem to be its southern limits. Both the Fjall-Ripa 

 and the Dal-Ripa are unknown in Denmark. 



The Common Partridge (Rapp-Hona, Sw.; Perdix cinerea, 

 Briss.) was pretty common with us, and likewise in the 



* The Red Grouse (T. Scoticus, Temm.), common to Britain, is unknown 

 in Scandinavia, as also in Denmark. 



