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eye, and extending backwards towards the region of the ear, was 

 a blackish stripe. Shafts of feathers indistinct. 

 Both nestlings were gorged with fisfl. 



5. Pullastræ, Sundev. 

 Columba p alumbu s, Lin. 



A single example of this species, which does not commonly 

 range bey ond the Trondhjemsfjord, was shot in the parish of Hemnæs 

 in Helgeland (66° 10'), in June 1838. Of this individual a rainute 

 description will be found in Heltzens MS. 



Columba oenas, Lin. 



Of this species, too, individuals were also observed in Nordland 

 by Heltzen (1842). It occurs even beyond the Polar Circle, in Salt- 

 dalen for instance (vide Sommerfelts MS. of ,,SaltdalensBeskrivelse u ). 



The stomach of an individual shot near Christiania in the 

 spring of the year. contained corn (wheat), quarz, and the seeds 

 of divers plants, chiefly of the Vicia. 



Turta r au ritus, Ray. 



Is found almost everywhere in Norway, and both in the north 

 and south of the country. 



In Finmark, it would appear to have been observed in the 

 last century even, 1 and examples have been occasionally shot along 

 the shores of the Varangerfjord up to the present time, generally 

 late in autumn. It was also found in West Finmark, at Tønsnæs, 

 north of Tromsø, in November 1867. 



It is highly improbable that the numerous individuals which 

 have occurred during a long succession of years in various parts 

 of the country were all of them Stray birds; but, on the other 

 hand. it is hardly possible to name the habitat of a colony whence 

 the individuals in question can have spread. 2 In wellnigh every 

 spot at which tolerably accurate observations have been made, it 

 has been found to occur, individual pairs appearing to breed spora- 

 dically in most dissimilar localities throughout the country. 



1 Vide Leem's «Beskrivelse over Finmarkens Lapper", Copenhagen, 1767. (note 

 p. 245, by Gunnerus). 



2 Vide Sundevall, «Svenska Fogl.", p. 172. 



