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feathers more curved. These two young males, shot in May, were 

 nearly white at the bill, the head light grayish brown, the green top- 

 knot distinct, the black ring on the neck distinctly marked, below this 

 a ring of chequered black and white feathers, the fore part of the breast 

 almost pure brown ; on the fore part of the wing a spot almost pure 

 white, and one of the long curved wing-covert feathers half white and 

 half blue. These were probably males in their second spring plumage. 

 In April, the same year, I received young males which were altogether 

 similar in colours to the females, — scarcely larger, — and also old males 

 in their magnificent winter plumage. 



81. A. mollissima. — Does not occur in any great numbers in the 

 Varanger Fjord during the summer, as the Lapps shoot the bird and 

 take the eggs. A few pairs, however, breed yearly there. It does not 

 always nest near the sea; thus, in 1852, five eider duck's eggs were 

 brought to me from near a lake at Rodbjerget, on the Tana River, 

 about half a (Norwegian) mile from the sea. On the 7th of July, 1859, 

 a pair, male and female, were seen at Naesseby, and in 1856 males, in 

 company with females and recently hatched young, were seen at 

 Andersby, near Vatso. 



82. A.speclabilis. — Is not a common bird in East Finmark. Schrader 

 certainly slates, but scarcely with any foundation for such a statement, 

 that it is found in numbers in the Varanger Fjord in October. It is 

 true enough that in October and November the eider ducks collect in 

 large flocks, and fly about over the fjord and the country near the 

 fjord, in the afternoon and the dusk of the evening, but in these flocks 

 A. mollissima constitutes the chief portion ; A. Stelleri is also found in 

 large numbers, but A. spectabilis only singly in proportion to the 

 other flocks. 



83. Graculus carbo (Carbo cormoramis) . — Is found along the Tana 

 River up to Karasjok. It breeds both on the rocks and on low islands, 

 as, for instance, on Skarholmen in the Tana Fjord. When it leaves 

 the rock where it is sitting it flies down in a curve to the surface of the 

 water, and rising again when its wings have touched the water flies 

 thus away. This is its general habit, and I have very seldom seen it 

 go down from the rock and swim away. On the 28th of August, 1858, 

 a pure white specimen was shot at Fjelbena, in Tana. 



G. crislatus. — Keep to the sea and is there common. 



84. Colymbus arcticus. — Is probably not found every winter in 

 East Finmark, but in the winter of 1858-59 several of these birds were 

 seen at Karlebotten. 



