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At the foot of the Morraine, in the water running from the Glacier, 
1 obtained a good gathering of Diatomacez : the ice-worn stones were 
completely covered with a brown velvety layer. 
After leaving the Glacier, we took a boat for Ens, where we found 
very comfortable quarters for the night. After dinner, took a stroll in 
the pine forest with my net, but only took a few small moths, such as 
the following :—Ellopia fasciaria, Metrocampa margaritata, Boarmia 
repandata, Selenia illunaria, Cymatophora duplaria, Cabera pusaria, 
Bupalus piniarius, Lomaspilis marginata, Larentia multistrigaria and 
L. flavicinctata, Melanthia albicillata and M. ocellata, Camptogramma 
bilineata, Cidaria russata and C. montanata. Several large moths 
were seen flying about the pine tops: these I took to be pine lappets, 
but, as none were captured, I am not sure. Saw in the forest a brood 
of fully-fledged green woodpeckers. 
Labrus ceruleus. While waiting for the steamer in the morning, 
on the little wooden pier, a large shoal of fishes, such as wrasse and 
codlings, were seen. Among these were several splendid fishes, which 
I had often before admired in the Bergen and Christiansand markets. 
They were almost a foot in length, the belly of a tawny orange colour, 
and the mouth somewhat constricted and snout-like in form ; the back 
and sides brilliant in the extreme, being of an intense cobalt-blue and 
verditer-green colour, banded with black streaks. The Norwegians 
called it the bergylt (Labrus ceruleus), certainly a very different fish 
from the bergylt figured and described as a British fish in Couch’s 
work. I had no other than trout tackle with me, still, as the fish 
seemed in a feeding humour, I took a gut-line from my fishing-book, 
and baited the hook with a piece of salted herring: instantly the bait 
was seized by the ravenous shoal of wrasse and codlings, and soon a 
goodly number were sprawling on the pier. The beautiful blue wrasse 
had no chance, on account of the smaller fry ; so to baffle them, a piece 
of bait was attached to the hook longer than their mouths, when I had 
the satisfaction of securing a splendid bergylt. Is this fine fish a 
native of Britain? 
Swallows and martins were frequently seen flying about the per- 
pendicular cliffs in the fjords, and although we did not succeed in 
finding their nests, from their actions we were sure they were breeding 
there. 
Gray, yellow and white wagtails abounded throughout the country. 
We were unfortunate in not succeeding in shooting one of the latter, 
for the sake of comparing afterwards with our British bird. 
Redwings (Turdus iliacus). Frequently we heard the song of 
