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Quercuedula crecca, Lin. 

 Found breeding everywhere along the coast-line and in the 

 birch-belt on the southern fells. In Finmark, it occurs principally 

 in the interior districts. Resident north of the Polar Circle (Salt- 

 dalen, Berbom). 



Each of the last summers I have found nests on the Dovre; 

 one contained 7 newly laid eggs, June 6th 1871. They were lo- 

 cated in a ver)' marshy spot, some of them a few inches only from 

 the \vater's edge. The sides of the nest were thickly lined with 

 down, but in the bottom there was scarcely any. 



The stomachs of the individuals examined here, were found 

 to contain seeds of Carices and Polygomtm, also the larvæ of 

 Phnjganeæ, fragments of other insects, and gravel. 



Anas boschas, Lin. 



Found breeding up to Bosekop in Alten (70°) where I observed 

 it in July 1872; at Tromsø, I saw newly laid eggs (and down from 

 the nest *) in the month of June. Eastward of the North Cape no 

 doubt it occurs more sparingly. Sommerfelt records it as rare in 

 East Finmark. 



Eesident as far north as Tromsø. 



Pliyncliaspis clyp eata, Lin. 



Of late years this spedes has been found breeding in several 

 places along the south-western coast of Norway. In August 1872, 

 a male was shot in Søndmør (62°), the most northern locality at 

 which it has been observed. 



Bafila acuta, Lin. 



Found breeding in all parts of Finmark up to the Russian 

 frontier. In the southern districts it is met with chiefly in the 

 seasons of migration, and in winter-time is common along the 

 south coast. 



Aythya ferina, Lin. 

 Has been found of late years resident on the south-western 

 coast, where it appears to be common enough. Several indi- 



1 The best mode of authenticating the eggs of Anatidæ. 



