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In the valleys of the south, it is not found, as a rule, in the 

 uppermost woods of the conifer region; it is strange thatitshould 

 occur on the Fillefjeld (2800' a. k s.), where it has repeatedly been 

 observed, especially in winter, in the birch woods near Maristuen. 

 Carpodacus erythrinus, Pall. 



Hitherto observed, by Nordvi only, along the banks of the Pol- 

 makelv, in East Finmark, in 1867 and 1868. No new observation 

 of late years. 



Ligurinus chloris, Lin. 



Namdalen, in Nordre Trondhjems Amt (65°) (June 1871), which 

 would appear to be the northern limit of its distribution. In Hel- 

 geland it has been found a few times only, by Heltzen (1842). 

 Loxia curvirostra, Lin. 



North of the Artic Circle, but one or two individuals of this 

 species have been procured, viz. in East Finmark, 1859 (Sommer- 

 felt); it may, however, breed in the wooded districts of the interior. 

 Ae gi othus li nåria, Lin. 



Abundant in Tromsø and Finmark Amts in every spot where 

 there are woods of Betula glutinosa, their numbers being in pro- 

 portion to the extent and luxuriance of the growth. In Lofoten, 

 especially, on all the wooded islands, as also at Tromsø, in the 

 valley of the Maalselv, and in Alten the air in midsummer rung 

 incessantly with the call-note of the males, of which the song 

 of this species principally consists, and which it invariably utters 

 on the wing. 



No apparent difference could be discerned between the large 

 and the small-billed forms. Numerous intermediate varieties were 

 plainly transition stages between the two. 1 



About the middle of July, nearly all the nests contained fresh 

 eggs, though a few, observed about the same time, were in course 



1 Sommerfelt jun r - records in „6fv. Kgl. Vet Akad. Forh." 1861, p. 81, that he 

 has observed Fringilla canescens in the autumn, at Tanen, among flights of Fr. 

 linaria. No example having hitherto been preserved, this species is not yet in- 

 cluded in the fauna of the country. 



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