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but even in dwarf willow and juniper scrub on the fjelds. I 

 noticed several on the fjelds near Laurgaard, in a place where the 

 ground was covered several feet deep with snow for miles ; they, 

 with Pied Flycatchers, were singing merrily in the birch trees. 



Ictekine Warbler, Hypola'is icterina (Vieill.) — One near 

 Koken, close to Christiania, on May 9th ; another at Lille- 

 hammer. 



Sedge Warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobtenus (L.) — It is some- 

 what remarkable that tbis bird should be so plentiful in the 

 extreme north of Norway, in Finmark and Nordland, and yet be so 

 rare south of the Arctic Circle ! I saw one or more near Laur- 

 gaard, in the willows amongst the marshes, a place one would 

 consider well suited to their habits ; one of them I heard singing 

 during the night. I noticed none elsewhere. 



Hedgesparrow t , Accentor vwdularis (L.) — This bird, like the 

 Robin, does violence to an Englishman's previous notions when 

 visiting Norway. In that country it avoids the neighbourhood 

 of man, and is seen generally in the pine forests, but sometimes 

 even in the heather and dwarf willow above the birch region, and 

 is very shy. 



Long-tailed Titmouse, Acredula caudata (L.) — Said to be 

 common in Norway. I only happened to see about half a dozen. 

 Its manners and voice are much like those of our dark-headed 

 representative, but it is certainly, with its pure white head and 

 yellow eyelids, a much prettier bird ; and it seemed a little wilder 

 also. 



Great Titmouse, Parus major (L.) ; Continental Coal 

 Titmouse, P. ater (L.) — Common. 



Marsh Titmouse, P. palustria (L.)— Said to be abundant up 

 to Trondlijem. It was plentiful enough on the Christiania Fjord, 

 but I only saw one at Lillehammer, and none north of that, its 

 place being apparently taken by the following. 



Northern Marsh Titmouse, P. borealis (De Selys).— I did 

 not notice this bird till I got to Lillehammer, where it was 

 abundant, as also at Laurgaard ; less so on Dovre. It cannot be 

 mistaken for the last for a moment, even at some distance, being 

 larger, much greyer, and the black cap prolonged further down 

 the back. All the specimens I obtained, and all the dozens I saw 

 in the woods, were much greyer than the bird figured in Dresser's 

 'Birds of Europe' (pi. 109), both on the back and on the flanks. 



