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Wood Sandpiper, T. glareola (L.)— I saw one at Lillehammer, 

 and one or two at Laurgaard. At Fokstuen they were very 

 plentiful, but not breeding when I was there; at Hjerkinn they 

 were equally abundant in the marsh below the station. I may as 

 well add, for the benefit of ornithologists visiting Hjerkinn, that 

 that marsh below the station is dangerous in places, though not 

 at the end nearest the station. I sounded in one place with a 

 pole, and found that under the thin and quivering crust of matted 

 vegetation on which I stood were about six feet of water and thin 

 mud. I may mention that for marsh-work in Norway I found a 

 pair of ordinary waterproof fishing-stockings excellent, and wore 

 with them a pair of light india-rubber brogues, which latter 

 should be laced, or they may be drawn off the foot by the mud. 

 They are more pliable than long leather boots, and lighter ; you 

 can kneel down in them comfortably in shallow water, and, when 

 not in wet places, can let them down, when they are quite cool. 

 They are also a delightful covering when travelling by carriole or 

 stolkjcerre in wet weather. 



Common Redshank, T. calidris (L,)— Plentiful, but local, at 

 Fokstuen ; one pair in the marsh below the station at Hjerkinn. 



Lesser Black-backed Gull, Larus fuscus (L.) — I saw a flock 

 of about twenty on May 16th at Lillehammer, frequenting the 

 islands at the mouth of the Logen, apparently intending to breed 

 there ; but as the river kept rising, owing to the melting snow, 

 they went in a few days. 



Black-throated Diver, Cohjmbus arcticus (L.) — I saw a great 

 many on the Miosen Lake as we went up in the steamer to Lille- 

 hammer on May 16th. Going up the Gudbrandsdal I saw a good 

 many on the stiller reaches of the river ; in one place of the kind 

 there were four, which seemed quite unconcerned at the sight of 

 five carrioles going along only about eighty yards from them. At 

 Laurgaard I saw several on hill-tarns, but none on the Dovre 

 Fjeld ; had I had a boat at Fokstuen I should probably have 

 seen some. 



Great Northern Diver, C. glacialis (L.)— Several near the 

 islands at the mouth of the fjord at Christian Sand on May 7th. 



