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oftener seen during the last year of uiy stay in Fin mart, and I believe 

 that they have become more numerous of late. 



18. Muscicapa grisola. — Was found breeding in Polmak in 1856. 



19. M. atricapilla. — I found this species breeding in a hollow 

 birch stump at Polmak in 1855. The bird sat so close that it only left 

 its eggs when the stump was broken off and fell down. The nest was 

 formed of the thin outside strips of the birch-bark, and contained six 

 eggs. It had nested before in the same stump, as under the nest were 

 found the remains of an old nest of the same materials. Nordvi tells 

 me that he found eggs of this bird in 1860. 



20. Cinclus aquaticus. — Is found here and there, high up the rivers 

 and near the sea, both in the summer and winter. It lays five white 

 e or ore 



21. Molacilla borealis. — Is commoner than M. flava. I think I have 

 observed that the nest of M. borealis differs from that of M. flava, the 

 former using finer and fresher yellow straws, apparently of Festuca 

 ovina, which is common in Finmark, whereas the latter uses stouter 

 faded gray grass, straws and leaves, giving the nest the appearance of 

 being old and having been used before. I have, however, yet to 

 decide whether this difference is always the case. Its eggs are not 

 always pointed, as Schrader states in ' Cab. Journal.' I have a nest 

 from Polmak with the eggs almost round. Some eggs have fine black 

 streaks on a gray ground, with light brown spots. 



22. Anihus rupestris. — Is not uncommon : it arrives in the com- 

 mencement of April, and is the last songster that leaves in the middle 

 of November. It breeds on the fjords, but not so commonly as on the 

 sea-shore. 



23. A. ccrtinus, Pall. — Is common ; indeed at many places, such as 

 Meskelf, at Nassseby, at Karlebotten in Polmak, commoner than 

 Anthus pratensis. Its eggs resemble those of A. pratensis, both in 

 form and colour, so much that it is often impossible to decide to which 

 species they belong, the best marked difference being several larger 

 extended spots on the eggs of A. cervinus, which, however, are by no 

 means found on all. 



24. Sylvia trochilus. — Is one of the commonest of the birds of East 

 Finmark : its covered nest, which is almost always lined with white 

 ptarmigan's feathers, is invariably to be found on the ground, and con- 

 tains from five to nine eggs. These are generally reddish white, with 

 rust-red spots; still one sometimes finds eggs of this bird that are 

 covered with reddish brown and black spots, in which case they much 



