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the surroundings so perfectly that it is almost impossible to be 

 certain at the distance of a few paces, whether one still knows 

 exactly where she is. 



Upon the open bogs there breed a motley collection of 

 arctic or sub-alpine birds, mingled with coast forms and more 

 southern species. Here occur the Red-throated Pipit (Anthus 

 cevvinus), the Common Snipe (Gallinago ccelestis), the Great Snipe 

 (G. major), Temminck's Stint (Tringa temmincki), Curlew and 

 Whimbrel, several Sandpipers (Totanus glareola, T. canescens, and 

 T. calidris), the Red-necked Phalarope* (Phalaropus hyperboreus), 

 and various Abroad-billed" or "gray" Ducks (Anas, Mareca, 

 Dafila, S*c.). 



And among the common European small-bird fauna, we shall 

 also find various true songsters resident here, as the Redstart 

 (Ruticilla phcenicurus), Hedge-sparrow (Accentor modulans), the two 

 Fly-catchers, the White Wagtail, and many others. The White 

 Wagtail follows mankind right up to the most northerly point of 

 the land inhabited the fishing-station on Gjaesvaer by North 

 Cape. 



Hither come, as more or less accidental visitants, the 

 Starling, the Swallow, the Sky-Lark, the Woodcock, the Land- 

 rail, and also the Quail, besides several others. 



In the winter the birch woods of Tromso remain nearly 

 deserted, and at that time, besides the Willow Grouse, one 

 meets with only an occasional Scandinavian- or Northern-Marsh 

 Tit (Pants borealis), and the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendro- 

 copits minor), some Yellowhammers, Mealy Redpolls, Bullfinches, 

 a solitary Tree-creeper (Certhia familiaris), some Golden-crested 

 Wrens (Regulus cnstatus), and also rarely the Longtailed Tit 

 (Acredula caudata), this last being of course the type-race with the 

 entirely white heads the only form which occurs in Norway. 

 (The young in nestling plumage have, however, dark eye-stripes.) 



Lastly, we must mention among the stationary species, the 

 three well-known relations the Magpie, the Hooded Crow, and 

 the Raven. All these go up as far to the north as men and 

 food are to be found, and the Magpie builds its large nest on the 

 faggot-piles by the houses even on Gjaesvaer, directly by the 



* Norwegian, Sv<pmmesneppe= Swimming Sandpiper. 



