1871 



May 5. 



ON Friday, the 5th of May, 1871, Edward K. Alston 

 and I left Granton about noon on board the ss. Scotia, 

 bound for Christiania, and came in sight of the coast of 

 Norway about Lycter. Gannets were the only birds we 

 saw, the first about noon. About 4 p.m., when just in 

 sight of land, a Meadow Pipit and a female Wheatear 

 came aboard. During Sunday, May 7th, we passed along 

 the southern coast of Norway, and entered the Christiania 

 Fjord about half-past 1 o'clock p.m. Here we observed a 

 flock of about forty Common Scoters, not yet off to their 

 breeding haunts in Valders, etc. 



We landed late in the evening, and put up at the Hotel 

 de Scandinavie, where we supped on Salmon, Caper- 

 caillie, and Norsk 61 (beer). Some half-dozen different 

 kinds of cold viands were set before us, amongst which 

 we found some raw sausage to be far from unpalatable. 



May 8. 



On Monday, May 8th, we made various calls on Mr. 

 Bennett, to arrange for our journeyings ; on Prof. Collett, 

 and at the Museum, which is very good. 



In the town we saw the Continental White Wagtail on 

 the roofs of the houses and in the streets, also a nest like 

 that of a Magpie in a tree in one of the gardens. These 



