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completely covered with huts for the Eiders to nest in ; they 

 were made of slabs neatly roofed with turf. 



Mergus merganser, — At Grindo, on the 14th, we saw a female 

 or young Goosander in the channel just off the southern point of 

 the island. 



M, serrator, — The Red-breasted Merganser appeared to be 

 numerous. On the 14th there were several off the southern end 

 of Grindo. At Lyngseidet, in the early morning of the 17th, as 

 we rounded a rocky point, a female Merganser plumped off a rock 

 into the water, while nine young ones tumbled over after her, 

 showing white under sides and fluttering paddles for a moment as 

 they wriggled off a flat stone into the water. The same day, at 

 Skjervo, four females, immature birds, were at rest on a rock in 

 the inner harbour, and a pair rose from one of the Diver-frequented 

 pools. On the 23rd, as we were exploring an islet off Store 

 Molle, three alighted on the water near us, and next day there 

 was a party of four on the lake behind Svolvaer. 



