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most interesting subject, the geographical distri- 

 bution of species. Of course, from my own 

 personal observation, I can say nothing of the 

 fauna north of Quickiock ; but the following notes 

 on the ornithology of the country around Vardol, 

 by the Rev. C. Sommerfeet, for the last ten years 

 priest in the parish of ISTasby, in the Varanger fjord, 

 a keen collector and an excellent ornithologist, 

 may be safely relied upon as being correct. 



I may, however, notice that four of the rarest 

 species, such as the waxwing, pine grosbeak, and 

 some of the rarer waders, do not appear to go up 

 so far, but their principal breeding localities seem 

 to be more in the valley of the Munio and around 

 Bnara, in East Finland. Still, from its contiguity 

 to the fells, I do not think that any station in 

 Lapland for the general collector beats Quickiock. 

 The only fault which I find with the place is 

 that it is rather the fashion here to visit it in the 

 summer, and consequently wages and all things 

 are dearer than in any other part of Lapland. 



The coasts of East Finmark are washed by the 

 Polar Sea, which encroaches upon the land by 

 many " fjords," or bays, of which the largest 

 are Laxe fjord and Tana fjord on the north, 

 and Varanger fjord on the east. The most 

 northerly part of East Finmark consists of two 

 islands — the one north of Hops and Eids fjords, 



