FIELD NOTES IN NORWAY. if 



Blue Titmouse, P. cceruleus (L.)— Pretty common, especially 

 near Christiania. 



Crested Titmouse, Lophophanes cristatus (L.) — Common in 

 fir woods. In the large mixed flocks of Titmice one often meets 

 with in the woods, this bird seems to take the lead, and to direct 

 to some extent the movements of the others. Its note is stronger 

 and more musical than those of other Tits, and when it happens 

 to be alarmed and to fly off, calling out, the others, consisting of 

 Marsh, Coal, and Blue Titmice, with sometimes Long-tailed Tits 

 and Tree Creepers, generally follow at once. It seems to prefer 

 young Scotch fir- growth to any other, where the trees are from 

 twelve to eighteen feet high. 



Northern Nuthatch, Sitta europea (L.) — I only remarked 

 one example — at Naersness — of this bird, which is said to be 

 found as far north as the hazel and oak. 



Creeper, Gerthia familiaris (L.) — Common, often consorting 

 with Titmice, as in England. 



Wren, Troglodytes parvulus (Koch). — Pretty common south of 

 Dovre in fir woods, and occasionally in birch-growth on Dovre. 

 Much less tame and familiar than in England. 



White Wagtail, Motacilla alba (L.) — Very common and tame; 

 flies and runs in the streets and on the quays of Christiania like 

 the Sparrow in London. In the country you seldom see a farm- 

 house without one pair, at least, of these birds about it (during 

 the summer only, of course), nor are they often seen at any 

 distance from a house. I found two nests, each with six eggs ; 

 one in the wall of an outhouse at Hjerkinn ; the other in the lake- 

 embankment at Hamar, on Miosen. The nest is composed of fine 

 grasses, with or without a little horsehair in the lining, and the 

 eggs, which closely resemble those of the Pied Wagtail, have 

 sometimes a ring of aggregated spots at the larger end. 



Grey-headed Wagtail, M. viridis (6m.) — First seen at Laur- 

 gaard, where it was not uncommon; but it was much more plentiful 

 on Dovre, especially at Fokstuen, where a dozen might be seen 

 together in the taller willow-growth near the station. It seems to 

 breed later than M. alba, and I only found one nest, incomplete, 

 in a wall near Hjerkinn. 



Meadow Pipit, Anthus pratensis (L.)— Very common every- 

 where ; perches in trees and bushes a great deal more than it 

 does in England. 



