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Cal i dr is arenaria, Lin. 

 As in September 1870. 1 large tlocks of this species were ob- 

 servert on the flat shores of Jæderen in 1871, on their autumn 

 llight. On the lOtii of September, Mr. Bali r bronght down at 

 one shot, out of a fiock consisting of this species and Tr. cinchts, 

 10 of the latter and 6 of the former. These individuals, whichwere 

 feeding on the beach when the tide was out, were all in the normal 

 autumn dress. 



Further north than Tromsø, near which town birds of the year 

 were observed, by Lilljeborg, in the autumn of 1849, ithasnotbeen 

 shown to occur. The statement according to which this bird is said 

 to breed in the interior of Norway, must be regarded as premature. 2 

 Trin ga can ut us, Lin. 



The occurrence in Norway of this bird as a breeding species 

 has not yet been sufficiently established. Sommerfelt and Nordvi 

 have observed it, though rarely, in East Finmark, and believe even 

 they have found its eggs there. In the autumn, at the beginning 

 of September, it makes its appearance along the whole coast. 

 Trin ga maritim a, Briinn. 



Breeds scattered in the marshes of East and West Finmark. 

 ThelGtH June, near the North Cape, I observed a brood protected 

 by the male bird; of the female I saw nothing. The male measured 

 as follows: — Total length 209 mm; wing 126 V 2 . tail 59, tarsus 

 21, middle toe 20 -|- 5 mm. The pectoral region dark cinereous 

 grey bordered with whitish, and dotted here and there with black. 

 The belly and under part of the ramp are not white, but dark 

 grey, each feather for the most part being blackish, and broadly 

 fringed with white. This white margin is still breader in individ- 

 uals shot in Lofoten, 1833, by Professor Esmark, the whitish breasf 

 and belly being spotted with black and white. 



Young in doirn, newly hatched (about 4 days old), measured 

 as follows: — Total length 85 mm, culmen 11, tarsus 20 mm. Upper 

 parts reddisb brown with black shadings, and tipped here and there 



1 Vide Nyt Mi\g. f Naturv. Vol. 18,-].. 208. 

 7 .Norges Funlc u , p. 164. 



