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jecting from beneath the meadow-covered roofs of the houses or from 
the wooden church steeples. No one in Norway thinks of shooting a 
magpie, consequently they are bold and familiar to a remarkable 
extent. Asa rule, I believe the Norwegians treat all animals kindly, 
and 1 have often noticed the tameness of many birds which in this 
country are rarely approachable: this trait speaks much in favour ot 
the people. 
Throughout the country, swallows, martins, swifts, wheatears, 
cuckoos, sparrows and chaffinches abounded, and once or twice the 
wryneck was seen and heard. 
Northern Jay (Garrulus infaustus). In July, 1858, while fishing in 
the river Orkla, between Bjerkager and Drontheim, I saw a bird 
fly across the stream, which I recognized as the northern jay. In 
flying, its?elongated body reminded me of the bolt-like flight of the 
longtailed tit. 
Eider Ducks. Flocks of these birds were frequently seen in the 
Hardanger and Sogn Fjords, accompanied with puffins, auks, gannets 
and skuas. In the numerous Vands, or inland lochs, were almost 
invariably plenty of redthroated divers, and on the little islands 
colonies of common gulls (Larus canus) were nesting. 
Herons were frequently seen. In sailing along the Hardanger 
Fjord I noticed with my glass the luxuriant vegetation on the stupen- 
dous cliffs, which rise 3000 to 4000 feet from the water. The trees 
were mostly pine, aspen, poplar, elm, ash, oak, birch and lime, all 
clothed in a luxuriant foliage of most exquisite green, indeed more so 
than we commonly see them at home. While examining these trees, 
I perceived a numerous colony of herons were nesting in the branches, 
safe enough from all interruption. Kestrels also seemed to have their 
nests in considerable numbers in the ledges of the rocks. Thinking 
this a good opportunity to examine the lime trees from an undoubted 
native habitat, on landing I procured a branch, and noticed that the 
leaves were unequal-sided to a very perceptible degree. _ I think it is 
Loudon who gives this as a good character to distinguish the 
American forms of lime from Tilia europza. If I mistake not he gives 
the oblique cordate leaves as the peculiar mark of the American limes, 
and unjustly so, if my observations are verified. Here I may state 
that many trees, especially limes, are pollarded, and the branches and 
foliage stowed away for winter forage for cattle and horses. 
Redshanks, &c. Stopped a day and night near Sande, northward 
of the Sogn Fjord, owing to the beautifully wooded nature of the 
country. Visited an extensive morass, thickly bespangled with the 
