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resemble eggs of S. abietina: I have a nest of pure white eggs. Sylvia 

 abietina has not been noticed in East Finmark either by Nordvi or 

 myself, nor at Muonioniska by Wolley. Besides, as the above-men- 

 tioned black-spotted eggs certainly are those of S. trochilus, the occur- 

 rence of S. abietina in East Finmark will as yet be very uncertain. 



25. S. sibilatrix. — Is named by Schrader as occurring in East Fin- 

 mark, but this must certainly be an error, as it has not been noticed 

 either previously or subsequently. 



26. S. scftaenobccnus. — May possibly have occurred and been over- 

 looked, but has never been shot. 



27. Accentor mochilaris. — I received six eggs from Seida in Tanen, 

 which exactly resemble eggs of this species received from Denmark 

 and the South of Norway : as, however, no one has noticed this song- 

 ster here I will not include it. It occurs at Enare and Muonioniska. 



28. Pants sibiricus. — This lively bird and Fringilla linaria are the 

 only real songsters found during the winter. Its call-note can be heard 

 almost every year at Nyborg between the 20th and 26th of March. It 

 nests here and there, building in hollow trees to which Pic us tridac- 

 tylus and P. minor have formed an entrance. The nest is formed of 

 green leaf-moss, on the top of which is a thick layer of wool, reindeer 

 hair, but chiefly lemmings' hair. The eggs, seven to nine in number, 

 are glossy white, with violet and reddish brown spots, often collected 

 at the larger end, and they are rather thick in proportion to their 

 length. They resemble eggs of Sylvia trochilus, but when fresh are 

 not so red and are glossier. The spots on eggs of S. trochilus are 

 more numerous, of a deeper reddish brown colour and spread over the 

 whole egg. Tf one has the nest one can never be mistaken in the 

 eggs. Mr. Wolley found eggs of S. phecnicurus and Parus sibiricus in 

 the same nest. Schrader states that both Parus major and P. palustris 

 occur, the latter not even uncommonly, but neither of them have been 

 noticed by Nordvi or myself. 



29. Alauda arvensis. — I heard, in 1851, singing at Tana, and the 

 same year found the nest there. 1 have eggs from Tana that exactly 

 resemble those of A. cristata, and probably are varieties of A. arvensis 

 or A. alpestris. 



30. A. alpestris. — Occurs commonly, arriving generally in the com- 

 mencement of May, but in early springs before that. In the spring it 

 seeks its food on such damp places where the snow, in consequence of 

 springs or the damp, thaws early. During the summer it is found on 

 dry sandy places, even where there is very little grass. It nests both 



