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35. Brambling. Fr ing ilia montifringilla, L. 



'Bjergfinke' (0. J. Lysne). Fillefjeld and Val- 

 dersfjeld list. 



' Three eggs taken 27th May, 1872, by 0. J. L., 

 ipse, in birch- wood below Maristuen, Fillefjeld.' 



* Six eggs taken by a boy 29th May, 1872, from 

 a nest found in a fork of a birch-tree in the wood 

 below Maristuen' (0. J. Lysne). 



' Five eggs taken 30th May, 1872, by 0. J. L., 

 ipse, in the wood below Maristuen, Fillefjeld.' 



36. Linnet. Linota cannabina, (L.). 



Not observed by us in Norway. 



' Three eggs and nest taken 24th May, 1872, by 

 0. J. L., ipse. The nest was in a fork of a birch- 

 tree about 10 feet from the ground, at Mo, Loerdal. 

 The bird was on the nest, but wild and quite mute.' 

 ' Six eggs taken with nest 10th June, 1872, by 

 0. J. L., ipse, who saw one of the birds but could 

 not get near it to identify it [the eggs were 

 afterwards determined by J. A. H. B. as of this 

 species]. The nest was built in the fork of a 

 birch-tree about 14 feet from the ground.' 



37. Twite. Linota flavirostris (L.). 



Fillefjeld and Valdersfjeld list. 



38. Mealy Redpoll. Linota linaria (L.). 



Fillefjeld and Valdersfjeld list. 



4 One egg was taken 19th June, 1872, by Lars 

 Eraker from a nest he found in a fork of a tree as 

 he cut it down, place not stated. The nest was 

 built of dry grass and lined with a good deal of 

 feathers' (0. J. Lysne). 



39. Lesser Redpoll. Linota rufescens (Vieill.). 



This species is not included in the lists in the appen- 

 dices to the diary, but is noted in the diary itself, 

 as shot at Maristuen on 14th June, 1871 (?). 



