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of 1865, an individual was killed in West Finmark, close to the 

 North Cape, and according to Zetterstedt, 1 another was shot on 

 Skjærvø, in 1821, about the beginning of June. The spedes has 

 also been observed in Varanger, by Smf. and Nordvi. Generally 

 found straggling in pairs. 



Gallinago major, Lin. 



I observed it on Tronisøen (69° 40'), 21st July 1872, inamarshy 

 spot in a birch covert. Is not known to occur in Finmark proper, 

 but may possibly occur. 



A few are found wintering on the south coast; thus several 

 indivi duals were shot near Stavanger in the winter of 1870 — 71. 



Gallinago media, Leach. 



Breeds on marshy lands along the whole coastal line, up to 

 the Russian frontier. 



k nest onTromsøen contained 4 young in down, just hatched, 

 June 17th 1872. It was found in a birch covert, in a comparatively 

 dry spot, located on the top of a grassy knoll. Though scarcely 

 dry, two of the young had dropped the small bony protuberance 

 on the foremost part of the upper mandible; the fragments of the 

 shells were still in the nest. 



Young in down, just hatched, measured asfollows: Total length 

 86 mm, tarsus 18—20, middle toe 18 + B% culmen 12—13 mm. 

 The entire body a dark rusty red mixed with black, and with 

 white tips, the outer half of the down being black tipped 

 with white. The white tips predominate on the tibiæ and hinder 

 part of the back. Wings and belly of a rich chestnut brown, in 

 some individuals a trille lighter than in others; on the throat is a 

 blackish patch; a black stripe stretenes between the bill and eye. 



Not infrequently found wintering on the south coast. Observed 

 near Bergen, by Mr. Friele, in the winter of 1869, also on the 

 coast of Jæderen and in the neighbourhood of Stavanger, in 1870. 

 In Saltdalen, north of the Polar Circle, Mr. Berbom observed in- 

 dividuals as late as 23rd December, in open spots on the marshes. 



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