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known to have been observed during migration, no doubt owing to 

 the easterly direction of its line of passage. 



It occurs everywhere in company with the preceding species, and, 

 as a rule, like the latter, is not a shy bird. I failed to discover 

 any material difference between the habits of the two species. 



In both sexes, I found the dress almost precisely the same, the 

 throat of the females little if at all duller than that of the males. A 

 male shot onMagerøen, 28th June, measured as folio ws: — Total length 

 162 mm; wing 87, tail 59, tarsus 21, middle toe 147 2 + 6, hinder 

 toe 9V 2 -f 11 Va- I n tne stomachs were found only the remains of 

 insects, particularly Otiorhynchus blandus, Schønh. 



A nest at Kistrand contained eggs so late as 1 lth July; they 

 were however not far from hatched. By their paler colour, 

 mottled with the dull and comparatively large-sized spots of greyish 

 brown that are seen almost invariably in the eggs of this species, 

 and the peculiar twisting lines which, however, are frequently wan- 

 ting, they were at a glance to be distinguished from those of A. 

 pn&mm. The nest lay beneath a willow-bush, and was construc- 

 ted almost entirely of straws, save here and there a single horse- 

 hair. The latter material is found in scarcely any of the nests sent 

 to the University Museum from East Finmark, a disparity readily 

 explained from the fact that, in most localities in Finmark, this 

 material is not to be obtained. 



Anthus arboreus , Bechst. 



Common in the valley of the Maalselv, near Tromsø, in June 

 1872. Further north it has not hitherto been observed, though 

 possibly it may occur in Alten. 



Accentor modularis, Lin. 



Tolerably abundant, in June 1872, on Tromsøen and in the 

 inferior tract of the valley of the Maalselv. In the stomach of a 

 male, shot in the latter locality, were found insects and their lar?®; 

 but in the skmiachs of individuals, killed near Christiania in the 

 fall of the year, I have found only seeds and vegetable substances. 



Professor Esmark shot a young example, nearly full grown 

 (preserved in the University Museum), in Finmark, near Elvenæs 



