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near the sea (for instance, on Angsnaes) and also far from it, and places 

 its nest not always amongst grass and moss, but on the ground amongst 

 the fallen leaves of small birch bushes. It breeds at Gamvik and 

 Berlevaag on the North Arctic Ocean. Its nest consists of straws, and 

 I have never seen one lined with feathers. Its three to five eggs are 

 generally yellow or yellowish gray, with blue-gray and brown spots, 

 which often collect and form a ring round the egg at the thick end. 

 It forsakes its nest and eggs if one merely touches the latter. It 

 sometimes has two broods; thus the eggs have been found at Mor- 

 tensnass on the 12th of May and in July. On the other hand, it has 

 never been noticed breeding as late as August, when Malm visited 

 Varanger. The name " sandlaerke," stated by Malm to be used in 

 East Finmark, has not been heard of by Nordvi or myself. Its Lapp 

 name is worth noticing, it being called by the Lapps who take notice 

 of the birds (and they are not few who do so), "Ruoscha alap" 

 (Russian snow bunting), it coming to East Finmark from the east, and 

 being often noticed amongst the snow buntings in the spring. 



31. Ember iza citrinella—l noticed this bird at Tana, seeking food 

 for its young. Otherwise it is only seen singly during the seasons of 

 migration, at Nyborg and Mortensnaes. 



32. E. rustica.~H.aiS not been found in East Finmark, either by 

 Mr. Wolley, Nordvi or myself, although Wolley specially sought for 

 it, and I have every spring a good chance of noticing outside my 

 windows a quantity of spring birds (Emberiza schoeniclus, E. lapponica, 

 Alauda alpestris, An thus pratensis, A. rufogularis and A. rupestris), 

 when collected near some water during snowy weather, but amongst 

 them I have never noticed E. rustica. Both Nordvi and I have 

 small eggs similar to those described by Schrader, but one was found 

 in a nest of E. schoeniclus. E. pusilla has not either been noticed, 

 though Schrader includes it. 



33. E. lapponica.— -This bird, with Sylvia suecica, S. trochilus, 

 Turdus iliacus and Anthus cervinus, are the best songsters in East 

 Finmark. It lets its clear, full song be heard when fluttering it raises 

 itself high in the air and again descends, but it discontinues when the 

 bird has descended somewhat, and with closed wings drops in a 

 slanting line on some raised object. It will not allow another of its 

 species near its nesting-place, and one may therefore see the males 

 pursuing each other during the spring. It places its nest, which is 

 lined with feathers (though sometimes there is scarcely a stray one) on 

 a tussock amongst small weeds. Its eggs, from four to six in number, 



