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late specimens only, wliile it is very common in the Western coast- 

 districts of Norway, and I intend in the following to make out, how 

 its origin there may be traced back to a quite early stage of de- 

 velopment (compare fig. 86). In the Eastern parts of the Peninsula 

 we have on the contrary very few indications of its early develop- 

 ment, and it is at least a very rare feature in that district. I am 

 inclined, therefore, to explain its Eastern appearance as due to in- 



Fig. 41. Vi- 



Fiff. 42. Vi- 



fluences from Western forms. A few specimens belonging to the 

 same series and of pure Western origin have also been found within 

 the Eastern territory, where they without doubt were imported 

 from Western Norway. 



Most of the specimens found within the Eastern districts are, 



