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observed in Helgeland (Nordland) are aecurately described and 

 figured, the ornithological section being based on the earliest editions 

 of Nilsson*s fauna. In this work, which, however, is to be made 

 use of with considerable reservation, I have found recorded as 

 occurring in Nordland, several species that had not previously been 

 observed in such high latitudes. 



Finally will be found recorded various observations made in other 

 parts of the country, in particular the coast region, and chiefly so far 

 as they bear upon those relating to species occurring in the northern 

 districts. From the researches of late years two new species, 

 Cygnus olor and Ghmldasmus sfr* ]>< r<i. which had not previously 

 been observed within the confines of the country, are now intro- 

 duced into our fauna. 1 



The total number of species actually belonging to the Nor- 

 wegian fauna is thus at the present moment 250. Of these, 174 

 have been observed within the Polar Circle; of this number 160 

 having ranged as far north as within the limits of Tromsø Amt: 

 and finally 150 species belong to the fauna of Finmark proper. 



A. Incessores, Vig. 

 1. Passeres, Lin. Sundev. 



Tar dus vise 'tvoras, Lin. 

 North of Bodø, near which town it was found breeding (Godman, 

 Ibis 1861), it has been observed by Professor Sundevall only at 

 Alten (70°). 



Tu r dus iliacus, Lin. 

 Common in all the birch woods of West Finmark. On the 

 island of Tromsø and in the valley of the Maalselv, the nests 

 found between 16tb and 20th June contained young in various stages 

 of gi-owth, from nestlings just hatched to half grown birds. In a 



1 Vide „Norges Fugle og deres geographiske Udbredelse i Landet" in Forh. i 

 Vid. Selsk. 1868, p. 116—193. 



