NOTES ON TWO MORE SALMON-RIYERS. 
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We may “ lump ” the following : whitethroat, 
blackcap (arrived June 5 th), sedge-war bier, redstart, 
willow-wren, chiffchaff, whinchat (sang all night)—N.B., 
stonechat never observed in Norway—wheatear (on high 
ground only), robin, wren, white wagtail, house- and 
sand-martins, redwing, fieldfare, dipper (young on wing, 
June 2nd), starling, thrush, and ring-ouzel, magpie, 
raven, and grey crow, merlin and kestrel, tawny owl, 
cuckoo, corncrake, and blackcock. 
On the delta at the river mouth, six wigeon (one 
old drake) rested some days at end of May, and 
mergansers were numerous on the stream, as were also 
sandpipers, gulls, and a few redshanks and herons. 
Woodcocks “ flighted ” at night, and three black-throated 
divers were seen together on Mo-vand on June 2nd. 
The tawny owl had large young ones on June 5th, 
which some peasants tried to palm off upon us (at half- 
a-crown apiece!) as genuine herg-uggla , or eagle-owls, 
which latter also breed on the higher fjeld. A field¬ 
fares nest, built inside the old abode of a crow, had large 
young on May 30th. 
A noteworthy feature in these observations is the 
early date at which birds commence to breed so far 
north as latitude 61 2 ° N. Several species must lay in 
April, others early in May. 
III. The Evanger. 
Approaching from inland, the watershed of Evanger 
is seen to comprise an immense area of high snow-fjelds 
lying around Opheim-vand and beyond, towards Stal- 
heim. Hence, in average seasons, there is little fear 
