10 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Tree Pipit, A. tr'wialis (L.) — Very common in the lowlands, 

 but apparently very rare on the Dovre Fjeld. 



Waxwing, Ampelis garrulus (L.) — I hoped to meet with this 

 bird alive, but all I saw of it consisted of the dried, weather- 

 beaten remains of several wbich had been caught in horse-hair 

 nooses on a mountain ash near Lillehammer during the preceding 

 winter. 



Pied Flycatcher, Muscicapa atricapiUa (L.) — Plentiful. The 

 first flight of this bird (consisting, apparently, of males alone, not 

 quite in full breeding plumage) made its appearance at Naersness, 

 on the Cbristiania Fjord, on May 10th. The day before I had 

 seen none ; this day they were abundant and rather listless. 

 I had always considered the plumage of this bird and that of the 

 Spotted Woodpeckers as very conspicuous — almost what might 

 be called "loud." But I had never seen either before in what 

 was evidently their proper sphere, amongst the black and white 

 stems of the birch trees, with which their colours harmonized 

 so closely as to make them rather difficult to make out than 

 otherwise, when they kept pretty still. 



Swallow, Hirundo rustica (L.) — Plentiful in the Gud- 

 brandsdal, getting less numerous towards Dovre, where they do 

 not seem to occur. They made their appearance at Lillehammer 

 for the first time on May 10th. 



Martin*, Chelidon urbica (L.)— Abundant everywhere ; the only 

 Swallow I noticed on the Dovre, where it breeds abundantly under 

 the projecting eaves of the stations and their outhouses. 



Sand Martin, Cotyle riparia (L.) — Common in the Gud- 

 brandsdal, where it often selects the turf-roofs of the cottages to 

 make its nest-burrows in. 



Siskin, Ghrysomitris spinus (L.) — Common in conifer woods, but 

 often seen feeding amongst alders and birches by stream-sides. 



Sparrow, Passer domesticus (L.) — Common, but I did not 

 notice it on the Dovre. 



Tree Sparrow', P. montana (L.) — Not uncommou ; is found 

 near farm-houses, where the last mentioned bird does not come, 

 but they do not seem to associate together. 



Chaffinch, Fringilla ccelebs (L.) — Very common ; but I never 

 saw it on the Dovre Fjeld. 



Brambling, F. montifringilla (L.) — Was in flocks at Lille- 

 hammer the earlier part of my stay there ; when I got to Laur- 



