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GALLING. 



The turtle dove has once been shot at Yardol. 

 The capercailzie, the ptarmigan, and the willow 

 grouse remain here throughout the year. 



They have neither the black grouse or the hazel 

 grouse so far north as this. 



GEALLiE. 



The golden plover and the dotterel very 

 common in the summer. The ring plover rarer. 



Strange to say, Sommerfeet distinctly says 

 that to his knowledge the grey plover has never 

 been seen in this district. But as Morris figures 

 the egg taken by Mr. Tresham, in East Finmark, 

 we must conclude that they do breed here. 



The turnstone and the oyster-catcher are both 

 summer visitants to the coast around the North 

 Cape. 



The crane is seen very rarely (in the autumn) 

 in Varanger, but does not appear to breed 

 here. In fact, I fancy that the crane is chiefly 

 met with in the midland and eastern parts of 

 Sweden. 



The curlew and the whimbrel are both summer 

 visitants. The knot is certainly rare, but that it 

 breeds here he hardly doubts, as it is seen on the 

 flats between Yaranger fjord and the Tana river, in 

 June. The little stint is only seen here during 



