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scolding of a pair of Fieldfares called attention to their nest 

 with three eggs, about seven feet from the ground against the 

 trunk of a small birch. Several pairs were breeding in birches 

 beside the track which led through the woods to Sandnaes, but 

 in this and other cases the pairs were too few and too scattered 

 to deserve the name of a colony. One bird was sitting upon 

 three eggs, while two more were built into the bottom of the nest. 

 Next day (July 13th), in the large woods at the base of Floifjeld, 

 we met with nests the contents of which varied from a single 

 fresh egg to young birds which flew as we knocked the trunk of 

 the tree. In one nest the four eggs were all above the usual 

 size, one of them very decidedly so, measuring 1'35 by *95 in. ; 

 while the average dimensions, as given by Howard Saunders, are 

 1*2 by *85 in. But most of the nests were empty, probably in 

 consequence of an earlier raid by collectors. Next day, upon 

 Grindo, we found a nest with two fresh eggs. In the Tromsdal, 

 on the 15th, leaving the track, which was thronged with tourists 

 making for the Lapp encampment, we found a large colony of 

 Fieldfares, but the birches were very awkward to climb, many of 

 them being mere poles about thirty feet in height, and too slender 

 to support a man's weight. On the 19th, on the far side of the 

 island, nests still contained eggs or young in various stages of 

 growth. Eggs from the same nest often showed very varied 

 degrees of incubation, and sometimes no two young ones of a 

 brood were of the same size. One nest was not more than 3 ft. 

 9 in. from the ground. Many birds, having finished breeding, 

 were scattered over the clearings, feeding upon berries. On 

 July 22nd, at Stokmarknaes, we climbed to many nests, but all 

 were empty with the exception of a single one, which contained 

 four well-fledged young. A few old birds were noisy, but many 

 young ones were flying, and the breeding season was evidently 

 over. I should much doubt whether in these latitudes the 

 Fieldfare attempts two broods ; it was difficult to form an opinion 

 on the point at Tromso, owing to the probability of the birds 

 having been disturbed. 



T. torquatus. — The Ring Ouzel was seen at Skjervo, about 

 the high rocky part of the island, where, amongst crowberry and 

 heather, Gulls were breeding. While waiting for a view of the 

 midnight sun, we noticed that for about half an hour birds were 



