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A number of indivi duals are found wintering on the western 

 coast of Norway. Large flocks were met with on the outermost 

 holms on the coast of Romsdal during the winter 1872 — 73 (recorded 

 by Mr. Kaurin). Individuals have been also found in winter at 

 Jæderen, by Mr. Bahr. 



Numenius phoeopus, Lin. 



Met with everywhere on the coast and islands of Finmark, and 

 in greater numbers than the foregoing species. Varies considerably 

 in size. A male, shotin July out of a flock of immature individuals, 

 measured: — Total length 423 mm; wing 243, tail 98, tarsus 59, 

 middle-toe 33 V 2 + 67 2 mn S whereas the total length of an old female 

 shot onTamsø, was 468 mm; wing 265, tail 105, tarsus 70, middle- 

 toe 36 + ?mm. 



The stomachs contained insects, Liiorinæ, (dismembered anct 

 entire), and numerous small crustacéans, which they pick up on the 

 beach after receding tide. In rainy weather I frequently observed 

 themon ploughed land and in corn-fields (searching for Lumbricit). 



The nest is simply a depression on the top of a knoll, and is 

 sometimes located in a comparatively dry spot among the marslies. 

 It is generally lined with a few straws, or the leaves of Bubus cha- 

 mæmorus. In the neighbourhood of Namsos (1871), the yourig birds 

 had left the nest by the 19th June, and near Tromsø by the 17th (1872). 

 Ibis falcinellus , Lin. 



An individual shot near Bodø (647 2 °), in Nordland, 1835, was 

 transmitted to the University Museum by Dr. Nissen. 



Ciconia alba, Briss. 



In the south of Norwav, this species is annually met with either 

 singly or in small detachments, consisting of as many as 30 individuals. 

 On the 24th April 1871, an individual was observed flying about in 

 all directions the whole day long over a frozen lake, at Odalen, 

 near Kongsvinger. In 1872, five individuals were observed at Krog- 

 stad, in Smaalehnene, on the 21st of May. It has been found as 

 far north as Bergen. 



Ar dea einer ea, Lin. 

 Not yet observed north of Lofoten (68°). It occurs most 



