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Probably, it is such indi vi duals which Sommerfelt (Ofv. Kgl. Vet. 

 Akad. Forh. 1861, p. 78) affirms to be the true M. flava in East 

 Finmark, and Schrader (Journal fur Ornithologie 1853, p. 253) men- 

 tions as M. cinereocapilla, Savi. 



A male bird, with large testes, which I shot on the Dovre, 

 June 15* 1871, had the throat almost pure white with a centre 

 patch of yellowish green, the breast white, washed with yellow, 

 the belly yellow, with white feathers interspersed. This dress bore 

 a strong resemblance to the winter plumage. 



In the middle of July, the young birds were found in full livery 

 everywhere on the marshy lands in Alten. The crown of the head 

 is greyish brown with a faint yellowish tinge, back brownish, the 

 feathers being narrowly bordered with olive-green. Wing coverts 

 edged with a pale, dusky yellow, causing two transverse bars to 

 appear upon the closed wings. Tail feathers fringed with reddish 

 grey. A brownish belt, passing through the eyes, extends over the 

 ear coverts, and over the eye is a (Jistinct white streak, edged along 

 the upper margin with darkbrown. Gorge white, bordered with a 

 brownish stripe, on the breast widening into a number of thickly 

 scattered spots. Belly dusky white, with a faint tinge of yellow- 

 ish grey. 



The chief species M. flava, Lin. is no doubt distributed but 

 sparingly throughout Norway, and, it would seem, in the southern 

 districts only; in the University Museum, there is a female, shot 

 near Christiania May 22nd 1857. 



Anthus obscuriis, Penn. 



Common along the whole coastal line on holms, islets and 

 the heather grown rocks of the sea-shore. I found it breeding at 

 Stappen, dose to the North Cape, amidst myriads of Uria, Aka and 

 V r at er eida. 



This bird seldom builds its nest, as do the other species of 

 the genus, beneath a heathery knoll, but deep down under stones, 

 or in the crannies of rocks, where the opening is narrow, and 

 frequently two or there feet from the entrance. A nest of this 

 species was constructed of straws, and thinly lined with hair and wool. 



