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Cannabina flavirostris , Lin. 



In Norway, this species is observed most abundantly in the 

 coastal region, where it is common, in divers localities, as far north 

 as Tromsø (69° 39'): Lilljeborg is the only naturalist who has ob- 

 served it near this town (1849). 



The breeding-season commences about the beginning of May, 

 and towards the middle of June the young are ready for fiight. 

 The broods keep apart, in company with the old birds, till late in 

 the fall, when they flock together in great numbers, preparatory to 

 migration. In June 1870, I found the species numerous on the 

 sterile holms and islands — many of which are utterly destitute of 

 arboreous vegetation — off the Trondhjemsfjord, where it seeks its 

 food on the grass-grown ledges of the mountains. My friend, Mr. 

 Landmark, has also found it on the islets off Jæderen, and fre- 

 quently at a considerable distance from land; the 13th June he 

 found here a nest of the season, already abandoned, on the lateral 

 surface of a rock, and carefully concealed in heather and grass 

 and brushwood of Rosa and Gratægus. 



On the Fillefjeld, they are annually observed in the spring of 

 the year, occurring in considerable numbers round Nystuen (3100' 

 a. 1. s.), where they often perch upon the house-tops. These de- 

 tachements may possibly be found breeding on the adjacent fells, 

 as they can hardly consist exclusively of sterile individuals. 



Coccothr austes vulgaris, Vieill. 



Perhaps resident in some localities in the south of the coun- 

 try. As before recorded, 1 I have observed this species, which, as 

 a rule, occurs sporadically, each of the last 4 years near Chri- 

 stiania, but always in the same spot, viz. the palace-grounds, and 

 only in winter. There is reason to suppose they have sometimes 

 bred in the neighbourhood, for in the winter of 1870—71 sevefal 

 pair were observed. Their food here consists exclusively of the 

 pip of the Prunus padus. 



In the winter of 1870—71, flocks appeared at Christiansand, 



1 „Nyt Mag. f. Naturv." Vol. 18 p. 177. 



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