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The individuals shot were all distinguished by a peculiar musky 

 smell, which would seem to originate in the glands about the anus, 

 whence it is diffused over the whole body. 



Actitis hypoleticos, Lin. 



Occurs in Nordland and Finmark less abundantly than south 

 of the Polar Circle, and no doubt always in the neighbourhood of 

 fresh water. In the valley of the Maalselv and in Alten, however, 

 they were more numerous in some localities, and I found the species 

 at Kistrand (70° 25'), on the Porsangerfjord, in July 1872. 

 Limosa lapponica, Lin. 



On Tamsø and at Kistrand, both in Porsanger, flocks of this 

 species were repeatedly observed in the month of July 1872, the 

 shores of the fjord being tiieir favourite haunt. They would keep 

 on the wing for hours together, but never approached within 

 gunshot. These must have been immature individuals, probably 

 last year's birds. A female procured by Professor Esmark, in Var- 

 ranger, July 20ti» 1866, measured as follows: — Culmen 85 mm, wing 

 201, tail 73, middle toe 28 + 7, tarsus 57 mm. 



Limosa aegocephala, Lin. 



Observed only by Sommerfelt junior, in East Finmark, in the 

 fall of the year (Of?. Kgl. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1861, p. 83). 



Numenius arcuata, Lin. 



This species is exceedingly numerous in the coastal region of 

 Trondhjem Stift, and throughout Nordland. North of the Polar 

 Circle it is not common; it is, however, found breeding up to the 

 Russian frontier. In Alten, and on Tamsø in the Porsangerfjord, 

 I found it in July 1872; young in down (about 6 days old) were 

 procured from the latter locality 3rd July. 



As with Limosa lapponica, 1 birds of the year of this species 

 do not attain their full size till late in autumn. On the 21st August, 

 1872, I procured an individual from Øieren, near Christiania, in 

 which the culmen measured only 94 mm, whereas the culmen in 

 an old female, shot in Nordland, July 15th 1871, was 1237 2 mm - 



1 Vide Nyt Mag. f. Naturv. Vol. 18, p. 207. 



