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Oedcmia nigra, Lin. c 



Like the foregoing, it has been shown to be a resident up r 

 to Tromsø, possibly it ranges still further north; in Finmark, no c 

 doubt it breeds somewhat less abundantlv than the former species. c 

 Both are most widely distributed on the Dovre and the fells of c 

 the south, where they are found breeding on the shores of the g 

 lakes in the birch-region. 



The nests are located on holms and islets in the mountain- c 

 lakes. In June 1871, Mr. Lysne discovered 3 nests, about 20 paces ( 

 apart, on a small island in the Syndinvand, in Valders. Fresh eggs \ 

 are found as late as the beginning of July. 



Toly stiet e di sp ar, Lin. ( 



The western range of this species would seem to be the Var- t 

 angerfjord, where it has been found breeding of late years on i 

 Norwegian ground. according to Professor Newton, to whom eggs i 

 have been transmitted for examination. 



In winter-time, it not infrequently ranges far south, but does 

 not appear to approach the West Coast on these peregrinations. i 

 South of Finmark, a solitary individual only is known to have been 

 observed, — on Tjøttø, in Nordland, — a male having been shot there 

 Ute in autumn; it was given to Mr. Heltzen, who has described 

 and figured it in his MS. for 1842. 



Somateria mollissima, Lin. 



Sufficiently abundant along the whole coast-line, but occurs 

 perhaps in greatest numbers on the coasts of Nordland and Nordre 

 Trondhjems Amt. In Finmark, the colonies are more scattered, 

 being there confined to particular localities; in Porsanger Fjord, 

 for instance, the favourite haunts are on Store Tamsø, the shores | 

 of the Fjord being comparatively little frequented. 



A few pairs are found breeding on the shores of freshwater 

 lakes, at a short distance from the sea. This is the case along the 

 whole coast-line almost, from Jæderen up to the North Cape and | 

 Varanger. They are every where resident. 



In northerly localities, young in down are seen on the i 

 water shortly after the middle of June. Some nests, it is true, ( 



