284 



viduals — inclusive of the example previously recorded 1 — 

 were shot on Jæderen and in the neighbourhood of Stavanger, 

 in 1871. 



F idig ula cristata, Ray. 



Breeds scattered along the banks of rivers and lakes in the 

 north of the country, more particularly the interior of East Fin- 

 mark; but is nowhere abundant. 



A female, in plumage almost exactly resembling the male, 

 was shot in the Christianiafjord in February 1871, and is now pre- 

 served in the University Museum. Probably it was an old bird 

 that had ceased breeding: the ovary contained a duster of eggs, 

 each of the size of a pin's head. 



Old female (possibly sterile) in winter dress. — Total length 

 413 mm. Head and upper part of neck entirely black with strong 

 reflections, base of bill encircled with a pure white band, about 8 mm 

 in breadth, studded at the gape and beneath the lower mandible 

 with a number of black plumlets. Breast and lower part of neck 

 and breast brown, the feathers above fringed with red, and below 

 with whitish. Belly silken-white, back entirely brown. Crown of 

 the head adorned with a tall crést, in which the longest feathers 

 attain a length of 43 mm. 



Fuligula marila, Lin. 



North of the Polar Circle not so common as on the southern 

 fells, in Gudbrandsdal — for instance; it occurs, however, on rivers 

 and lakes, up to the Russian frontier. Like most of the Fuligur 

 linæ it lays its eggs somewhat later in the season than the Am- 

 tinæ, and seldom before the end of June. 



Glaucion cl ang ul a, Lin. 



Young binls of the preceding year do not, like the old ones, 

 frequent the mountain-lakes in summer time, butresort to the inland 

 extremities of the fjords, roaming about from creek to creek. A 

 detachment which I observed at Namsos, June 19th 1871, consisted 

 of not less than 40 individuals of both sexes, the males apparently 

 in adult plumage. 



1 Forh. i Vid.-Sdsk. 1871. p. 59. 



