232 



Calhma vulgaris and Empetrum, and with tuvas vesicuMsus even, 

 though the sea was distant half a Norwegian mile. 



In the nest were two young birds, almost fledged. The biggest 

 measured as follows: — Total length 770 mm; tarsus 110, middle 

 toe 72 + 31, culmen 67, from cera to the tip of upper mandible 

 507 2 mm. Iris blue-black, cera and the entire beak horny brown. 

 Toes and naked portions of tarsus yellow. Colour of the body 

 nearly the same in both nestlings. The head was a browny black, 

 and the whole of the body deep brown, relieved with the normal 

 spots of a paler hue. Shafts of tail feathers lightish. The stomachs 

 were full of fish and contained besides a considerable quantity of 

 grass, which, having formed part of the lining of the nest, may 

 have been swallowed accidentally. The old birds kept at a 

 distance, never approaching within gunshot. 



Anofrher nest, discovered on* an island in the Foldenfjord, di- 

 stant thence about two Norwegian miles, had been built in a rocky 

 wall. The young birds, however, had flown June 29th 1871. 



Pandion haliaetos, Lin. 



Found breeding in West Finmark, up to Karasjok and Alten 

 (70°) ; in the latter district two individuals were killed in the sum- 

 mer of 1872; it ranges as far north in East Finmark. Wolley found 

 a nest at Rovasjoki, West Finmark, in 1855 and 1857, in the top 

 of a tall fir-tree. 1 



The 25th June 1871 a nest was discovered near Salsvand, on 

 the Foldenfjord, in the topmost branches of a pine; it was con- 

 structed of sti eks, and thickly lined with moss and lichens. The 

 nestlings, two in number and about 8 (lavs old. were different 

 alike in size and colour. The biggest (total length 220 w) was 

 enveloped in black velvety down, but not thick. In the down the 

 white shafts of the feathers, (the extremities hun^ with downv 

 tufts), could be plainlv distinu'nished : on (he head. all the shafts 

 were black. The smallest of the nestlings (187 mm,) was covered 

 with ir/titr down, the line of the back only being black; above the 



1 Ootheca Wollcyana, Part I, j>. G8. 



