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village ; and I have no note or recollection of seeing it at 

 Trondhjem. 



Hirundo rastica. — A few at Tonset and Trondhjem. 



Chelidon urbica. — A good many flying round the house and 

 other houses at Tonset, outnumbering the Swallows. Only a few 

 of either species at Trondhjem. 



Cotile riparia. — At Trondhjem, flying over the Nid, and near 

 the town, on both our visits. 



Passer domesticus.— Some at Tonset, where a good deal of 

 barley is grown. The people were putting in their seed in the 

 first week in June, and the crop would be ripe in about three 

 months, by which time the autumn snows are near at hand. Many 

 at Trondhjem. 



Fringilla ccelebs. — Curiously enough, there were no Chaffinches 

 about the village of Tonset or in the lowest woods ; but here and 

 there in the fir forests we came across one or a pair, at a height 

 of about one to four hundred feet above the village perhaps. 

 They were pretty common about Trondhjem, and were singing a 

 fine rich song. 



F. 77io ntif ring ilia. — A few pairs about the fir forests at Tonset, 

 especially where the colony of Fieldfares were breeding ; for 

 here, as with colonies elsewhere, most of the woodland birds had 

 assembled. The males were in beautiful plumage, and sang their 

 creaking " weeeech " after the manner of a Greenfinch's " tweeee," 

 but more metallic, twanging, and harsh. 



E77iberiza citr'mella. — Lower ground at Tonset ; a good many 

 outside Trondhjem. 



E. schc£7iiclus. — Several on banks of the Glommen at Tonset. 

 Seen on high ground outside Trondhjem, among low pines, firs, 

 juniper, &c, but not far from some swampy ground. 



Sturnus vulgaris. — Common about Tonset village, where boxes 

 are put up for their accommodation, some being arranged in the 

 apex of the gable when the house or shed was put up ; in these 

 the birds were nesting in the first week in June. Most of the 

 houses in Tonset were built of roughly squared logs, notched 

 within six inches or a foot of their ends so as to fit into one 

 another at the house corners. There were a few frame-houses. 

 The roofs were chiefly covered with either shingles or turf ; on 

 the latter a good crop of grass and weeds was growing. The 

 Starling was pretty common at Trondhjem also. 



