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bers resorted to the neighbourhood of Christiania, their food con- 

 sisting chiefly of the berries of Sorbus aucup. and Sambucus. 



On the Ist Feb. 1873, a male, exhibiting a very peculiar varia- 

 tion of plumage, was shot out of a detachment found wintering 

 near Christiania. It was highly coloured, the uropygium bright 

 yellow ; the rusty-yellow of the breast being of a darker tinge than 

 in the other individuals. It is preserved in the University Mu- 

 seum. 



Passer domesticus, Lin. 



Common in Nordland, as far north as Lofoten, even on the 

 most outlying of the fishing-grounds. It would not appear to be 

 a resident anywhere in Finmark, and has never been met with in 

 the towns (Tromsø, Hammerfest, Vardø, Vadsø). Stray individuals 

 have been observed by Smf. jun. in East Finmark. 



Sturnus vulgaris, Lin. 



Abundant in the coastal region of Nordland, — on Tjøttø, for in- 

 stance, where large numbers were observed in July 1871 ; found 

 less abundantly in Lofoten, and, is, as a rule, very rare north 

 of those islands. At Tromsø, it has been repeatedly observed in 

 the spring and autumn, and stray individuals have also been met 

 with in East Finmark, by Smf. In several localities along the coast, 

 single individuals and small flocks have been found wintering as far 

 north as Værø, in Lofoten; they mostly frequent the sea-shore 

 when in search of food. Each of the last winters, large num- 

 bers were observed round Stavanger, on Jæderen, and ranging 

 northward to the coast of Komsdal; in 1872—73, they were also 

 common in the neighbourhood of Christiania. 



Passer mont anus, .Lin. 



This species occurs dispersed and sparingly in Nordland, but 

 north of the Polar Circle, stray individuals only have been obser- 

 ved, in Varanger, for instance, in the summer of 1855, by Smf. 

 Lycos Monedula, Lin. 



Observed in flocks on Inderøen and at Levanger, in Nordre 

 Trondhjems Amt (64°), in the month of June 1871; farther north, it 

 is not known to have occurred. 



