BIRDS OF GRAAKALLEN MOUNTAIN, NORWAY. 67 
StTaRuine (Sturnus vulgaris).—The first one appeared where 
I was staying on June 3rd. The proprietor was delighted to 
have them back for the season. He told me that a pair had 
remained for the first time during the last winter at a neigh- 
bouring farm place in the Nid River valley. 
Magpie (Pica rustica).—A common breeding bird. 
Hoopep Crow (Corvus cornix).—Common; and suspiciously 
watched when he looks near a Fieldfare colony. 
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus).—First heard on June Ist from the 
top of the Graakallen. Two were calling to one another from a 
high snow-covered moor to the south—odd-looking surroundings, 
I thought, for the bird. 
Buzzarp (Buteo vulgaris).—A large Hawk, I am pretty sure, 
of this species I saw flying across Loch Shelbrea carrying some- 
thing to a thick clump of pine on the side of the mountain. 
Mauuarp (Anas boscas).—A pair frequented a little sheet of 
water. 
PrarMicaNn (Lagopus mutus).—An abundant bird all over the 
mountain. 
CaPERCAILLIE (J'etrao urogallus).—I saw a few of these birds 
among the pines. People spoke of these and of Black Grouse 
as common. 
Woopvcock (Scolopax rusticola).—A few seen regularly at 
nightfall flying down to a marshy tract of land to feed. 
SanDPIPER (Totanus hypoleucus).— A common bird on the 
small rivulets flowing down to the lakes. 
CurLew (Numenius arquata).—A few scattered all round. 
