FIELD NOTES IN NUKWAY. 5 



when they see you with a gun, that you must necessarily be 

 carrying it for illegal ends. Doubtless, if I had shot a bagful of 

 ryper, I should soon have had a visit from the Lensmand, but as 

 it was everyone seemed to take an interest in what I did, and to 

 wish to assist me in any way possible. 



The following were the birds I met with : — 



Missel Thrush, Turdus viscivorus (L.) — Not uncommon near 

 Lillehammer ; but once seen near Laurgaard, and never on the 

 Dovre Fjeld. 



Song Thrush, T. musicus (L.) — Not uncommon in woods 

 near Lillehammer, and up the Gudbrandsdal. In pine woods it 

 appears generally to choose those spots where the trees are young 

 and thick, and is not averse to marshy places. 



Redwing, T. iliacus (L.) — Common in the Gudbrandsdal. On 

 May 12th, near Lillehammer, it. was still in flocks. At Laur- 

 gaard, May 24th and following days, it was pairing and preparing 

 to nest in the birch growth. At Fokstuen it was fairly plentiful 

 and nesting on June 2nd. At Hjerkinn, on June 8th, the Red- 

 wings were singing beautifully in the birch woods, their song 

 somewhat between those of the Missel and Common Thrushes ; a 

 nest I found that day was in the forks of a birch tree about 

 eighteen inches from the ground, and the young birds in it were 

 just getting their first feathers. It was curious to notice that 

 there were two large birch tracts at Hjerkinn, one to the east, 

 towards Foldalen, the other to the west, under Gederyggen ; the 

 former seemed to be appropriated by the Redwings and the latter 

 by the Fieldfares. 



Fieldfare, T. pilaris (L.) — Pretty common, breeding on the 

 birch-clad slopes of Gederyggen, near Hjerkinn, and less com- 

 monly around Fokstuen. 



Blackbird, T. merula (L.) — The rarest in Norway, as it 

 seemed to me, of the Turdidce. Pretty common near Naersness 

 (Christiania Fjord) ; rare near Lillehammer, where I saw one 

 and heard another ; and not seen at Laurgaard nor on the Dovre 

 Fjeld. 



Ring Ouzel, T. torquatus (L.) — Not uncommon near Laur- 

 gaard, and also on the Dovre Fjeld, in the birch region above 

 the fir, where a search would probably have revealed the nest. 



Dipper, Cinclus melanogaster (Brehm). — I did not see this 

 bird on Dovre, and only one at Laurgaard, which was feeding 



