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Geotrupes stercorarius : numerous fragments (entire in the stomachs 

 of some of the nestlings). 



Bubo maximus, Sibb. 

 Distributed, but in decreasing numbers, over the whole of Nord- 

 land, and parts of East and West Finmark. In the latter localities 

 it does not occur regularly, but has been shot and observed there 

 several times. 



Up to 1864. a reward was granted by Government for killing 

 individuals of this species; thelaw, however, has been repealed, mis- 

 takes having frequently arisen, when paying the reward, from con- 

 founding it with the smaller species. 



A nest of 4 fresh eggs was found 28th May 1872 on the the 

 Fillefjeld, by Mr. Lysne; a day or two after another, containing 

 4 eggs slightly incubated, was found in the uppermost region of 

 Valders. An attempt was made to shoot the old birds near the 

 nests, but they were too wary, and did not seem to be incomoded 

 by the daylight. They were mobbed by numbers of Tu ndms p ila ris 

 and torquatus, and uttered loud and angry screams whenever these 

 birds attacked them. 



Otus brachy otus, Lin. 



Scattered over Finmark, especially in the interior districts, 

 and has been found nesting certainly as far north as Karasjok (70°), 

 but can hardly breed in the outermost coastal region. 



Contemporaneous with an extensive migration of Myudr* h-mmus 

 on the southern fells in 1872, it was more than usually common in these 

 parts of the country, and I observed numerous individuals, con- 

 spicuous by their peculiar fiight, hovering over most of the moun- 

 tain mosses on the Dovre. 



Falco gyrfalco, Lin. 



Nuinmms in the woody tracts of West and £aat Finmark, but 

 raic in the outermost coastal region, which however it frequents 

 in Ihe autunin and winter months. 



The nests are almost iuvariably located in the top of a large 

 fir tree, and they contain eggs the last week in April, at which season 

 there is scarcely auy sign of spring here. In West Finmark alone, 

 from 1854 to 1861, Wolley found upwards of 20 nests, containing 



