384 A SPRING AND SUMMER IN LAPLAND. 



The wild swan is a summer migrant. 



The white-fronted goose is rare. The lesser 

 white-fronted goose more common. The common 

 wild goose is seen here in the spring on the way 

 to a breeding place Tamsoe, in West Finmark. 



The bean goose and the Anser arvensis (Brehen) 

 breed in many places in East Finmark. The 

 bernicle goose has only once been shot in Naesby, 

 and the brent goose is seen only during their 

 migrations in the spring and autumn to and from 

 Spitzbergen, where they breed. Not one of the 

 geese remain here during the winter. 



The sheldrake has on only one occasion been 

 shot in Varanger fjord. 



S teller's western duck is seen here at all times 

 of the year. Its egg, however, has never been 

 found here, although they probably breed in 

 Eastern or Eussian Finmark. 



The king eider and Barrow's Iceland duck are 

 only occasionally seen in the autumn. But the 

 pintail, the teal, the common wild duck, the 

 widgeon, the scaup, the scoter, the velvet scoter, 

 the golden eye, the long-tailed duck, and the 

 common eider are all regular summer migrants to 

 this district, where they all breed. 



It is not certain whether the tufted duck comes 

 up further north than Enara. 



Both the goosander and merganser breed here, 



