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T. striata. — I saw a pair on a group of shelving rocks on the 

 shores of Grindo. From their movements and tameness I should 

 think they were breeding, but I could not find the nest. The 

 man living on the island said they never found the eggs ; but he 

 said the same of the Turnstone, and the truth is, these people 

 only search for the eggs of the larger birds. 



Totanus hypolencus. — One in the lower part of the river in the 

 Tromsdal. 



T. calidris. — Very common and noisy along the shores of 

 Tromso and Grindo, and there were some in the bogs and about 

 the lake. But there were none at the lake when we visited it 

 first on the 13th, as it was still nearly all frozen and snow-covered. 

 On the 18th, however, all was changed. Two islands covered with 

 yellow grass had appeared, and about and over these we saw 

 Redshanks, and heard them calling from the grass. They swam 

 along the edge of the islands sometimes, and occasionally perched 

 on a stump. They were very melodious, crying " too-ey too-ey 

 too-ey " from the ground, and " tooo-tooo " on the wing. When 

 on the ground, too, a shrill trill is uttered, with raised and 

 quivering wings. I was surprised to see how very brown their 

 summer dress was. 



Numenius arquata. — To be seen about the bogs ; very noisy. 



N. phceopus. — A few only in the bogs. 



Sterna macrura. — Two or three pairs on the shell-bank on 

 Grindo ; note a sharp " kik." 



Larus canus. — A good many about. When walking along the 

 shore, and once when on high ground, I was annoyed by Gulls 

 following me, and every now and then uttering a warning cry. I 

 saw one settle on a dead birch tree about fifteen feet or so high. 

 There were a few pairs breeding on the rocky promontory on 

 Grindo, and one pair on another group of flat rocks. We found 

 six nests, each containing one egg (doubtless they had been 

 robbed), and all in the flat rocks, made substantially of seaweed, 

 dead grass, and some moss. 



L. argentatus. — Occasionally seen. I procured in Tromso an 

 egg of the variety which has the ground colour white, and is 

 marked with light red marks. They showed me a stuffed Herring 

 Gull as the bird which lays these eggs. The particular individual 

 which lays them is called the " Kongen-maag," and the people 

 say that among a colony of Gulls breeding on an island, only one 



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