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to work ,and, if the branch bent under its weight, would hang with its 

 head downwards and bite round about. In Enare, from where Mr. 

 Wolley has its eggs, it is said to build its nest in the densest thicket 

 in the forest, rather high up in a tree. 



9. S. bubo. — Has only been once observed in East Finmark, when 

 one was shot at Lebesby, in the winter of 1852-53. It was then found 

 sitting on the rocks. 



10. S. brachyolus. — Is often seen in East Finmark, but has not been 

 known to breed there. Possibly it may, however, breed in South Varan- 

 ger during lemming years. I have five eggs of this bird from Karasjok. 



10 b. Cuculus canorus. — Is not seen every year. 



11. Upupa epops. — Has-been once shot on the Finland side of the 

 Taua River, near Utajok: a male at Polmak, in September, 1849, 

 according to Nordvi. 



12. Sturnus vulgaris. — A single specimen was shot ou the 5th of 

 April, 1 847, at Vardo ; another was found dead at Nyborg in December, 

 1866, after having been about there during a month's time. The latter 

 was a young bird, and had probably strayed from the eastward, where 

 it is said to occur. 



13. Corvus pica. — Is seen singly now and then, more especially in 

 the autumn. It breeds at Hopseidet, and in former times it has bred 

 at Tana. Those that occur are almost immediately killed by the 

 Lapps, who will not be disturbed by its chattering, believing that it 

 forbodes misfortune. 



14. Garrulus infaustus. — Occurs rather commonly, during the 

 winter near habitations, during the summer more in the forest. In the 

 spring it fetches food for its young, chiefly from the rein-deer flesh 

 hung out to dry or from offal that has been thrown out. It is not 

 known to eat carrion. It is not at all shy, and is therefore often caught 

 in the snares which are set by the Lapps. When on my arrival in 

 Finmark I applied to the Lapps, in order to procure its eggs, they all 

 told me that it only bred in the pine forests. I then tried the Karas- 

 jok Lapps, and received from there, in the summer of 1852, three eggs, 

 which, however, were near hatching. These were taken in the early 

 part of May. I have since received from the Tana Valley several 

 nests, which were taken in April. The nest is built in out-of-the-way 

 places in a large dense wood ; still not always far from an inhabited 

 place, and high up in trees. The foundation and outside of the nest 

 is composed of thin birch and willow-twigs and a few large straws, in- 

 side of that are fine straws, and the lining is composed of ptarmigan- 



