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a small colony of Fieldfares, and also some numbers of 

 Bramblings. It is a low young birch-wood with a few 

 fir-trees of older growth, and a quantity of juniper growing 

 in some parts. Several other pairs of Kedwings were 

 noticed, which probably had nests also. I watched the 

 bird to this nest, which was not accomplished for more 

 than an hour. Previous to that the bird had gone off the 

 nest. I wounded her so severely that she became quite 

 stupefied, and flew on to a branch close to my head, 

 where she remained shaking sideways for some time. 

 Recovering herself, she flew away and I lost her. Its 

 habits near the nest were much more wary that those of 

 the Fieldfare, as it never uttered a note either of alarm 

 or otherwise, nor did I hear its mate cry at all during the 

 whole of the time I lay concealed near the nest. 



I saw a Green Woodpecker fly out of a fresh hole in a 

 poplar-tree, which I chiselled into, but found nothing laid 

 yet. 



I also saw a Wood Pigeon, the first we had seen on the 

 west side of the Fjeld. 



I also saw Grey Hen and Woodcock near the lake, and 

 Swifts about the church. 



May 28. 



Sunday, the 28th of May, was not so hot. We lay in 

 bed till about 10 a.m., and otherwise took it easy. Madame 

 Fleischer showed us a bride's crown, etc., which the 

 servant girl here keeps and lets out on hire. 



In conversation with Herr Fleischer we were told that 

 there are no Rats at Vossevangen, nor Hedgehogs, and 

 that Foxes come down from the hills in winter. There 

 are Reindeer, of course, on the Fjelds. Capercaillie are 

 much rarer than when he was a young man. 



May 29. 



On Monday, the 29th of May a warm day, with a 

 shower we drove again nearly to Tvinde. At the top 



