54 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM NORTHERN 

 NORWAY. 



By J. H. Salter, D.Sc. 



Thanks to the numerous contributions to the subject which 

 have appeared in ' The Zoologist ' and elsewhere, the avifauna of 

 most parts of Norway is as familiar to English naturalists as 

 that of the Scotch Highlands. I have therefore, in writing the 

 following notes of a month's holiday spent in the far north during 

 the past summer, dwelt chiefly upon the points which appeared 

 to be of interest, and have tried to avoid repetition. Tromso, in 

 69° 38' N. latitude, was selected as offering facilities for making 

 the acquaintance of certain birds of a distinctly arctic type. Ten 

 days spent in the birch woods and on the fjeld tended to confirm 

 in almost every detail the account given by Mr. O. V. Aplin 

 (Zool. Dec. 1896), to whom I am much indebted for this and 

 for other information. A few species were noted which Mr. Aplin 

 failed to meet with, his visit having been paid earlier in the 

 summer, before the snow had fully melted. On the other hand, 

 in mid-July we found many birds silent, and hence less readily 

 identified. 



In company with a friend, I crossed from Newcastle to Ber- 

 gen, the latter place being reached early on the morning of July 

 7th. In the grounds of the Fishery Exhibition, the Nygaards 

 Park, but few birds were to be seen, owing to the wet. I noted 

 the Chaffinch, White Wagtail, and very tame House Sparrows. 

 We left at 11 p.m. in the ' Sirius ' for Trondhjem, and rose next 

 morning to find, in place of the gloomy Bergen weather, bright 

 sunshine and blue sea. A crowd of cackling Gulls, Lesser 

 Black-backs, hovered over our wake. In the quiet channels 

 many Shags were perched on the rocky islets. As we rounded 

 the Stadtland, justly dreaded for its rough seas, birds were 

 numerous. There were many Common Guillemots. Kittiwakes 

 appeared to be breeding on the white wave- worn rocks of the 



