. Travels of a naturalist in northern Europe, Norway, 1871, Archangel, 1872, Petchora, 1875 . heroad as we were ascending ; also Mavises, Chaffinches, afemale Wheatear, and we heard a species of Tit, not, Ithink, the Marsh and Hooded Crows, in which I thought Inoticed a faint rosy flush of colour, as remarked by Smithin the Zoologist. From the Soeter we had a magnificentview (udsigt) of the Christiania Fjord and town. We sawseveral Thrushes close to the Soeter. May 9. We spent Tuesday, the 9th of May, in packing ourluggage, shopping, and a second visit to the Museum incompany with Prof. Collet
. Travels of a naturalist in northern Europe, Norway, 1871, Archangel, 1872, Petchora, 1875 . heroad as we were ascending ; also Mavises, Chaffinches, afemale Wheatear, and we heard a species of Tit, not, Ithink, the Marsh and Hooded Crows, in which I thought Inoticed a faint rosy flush of colour, as remarked by Smithin the Zoologist. From the Soeter we had a magnificentview (udsigt) of the Christiania Fjord and town. We sawseveral Thrushes close to the Soeter. May 9. We spent Tuesday, the 9th of May, in packing ourluggage, shopping, and a second visit to the Museum incompany with Prof. Collett. Mmj Wednesday, the 10th of May, we left Christiania ateight oclock by rail for Eidsvold, with through tickets forourselves and carioles to Gjovik on the Miosen passed through an uninteresting clay and sandcountry, crossing and recrossing a small river full of snowwater. At eleven oclock we got on board the steamerKong Oskar, and arrived at Gjovik at about four the lake we saw large flocks of Goldeneyes and someBed-throated Divers, and on the river below it Sand-. PROF. ROBERT COLLETT (1871). NOR WA Y 5 pipers, five together. Hooded Crows were common,Magpies, flocks of Fieldfares, and three Red-throatedDivers close to the village of Hammer. The scenery ofthe Miosen Vand does not come up to that of many ofour Scottish lochs, and is somewhat tame and uninterest-ing. There was much snow lying on some of the woodedhills, scarcely any on others. At Gjovik we made our cUhut in our carioles, and droveone Norsk mile (which is equivalent to seven Englishones) to Mnstad, which we did in about an hour andtwenty minutes, but could have gone faster had it notbeen for another slow horse and cariole in front, by whicha young ofiicer, Lieut. Briiner, of the 2nd Infantry Regi-ment, was posting on to Skoien. We found him extremelycivil, and he spoke English. He is also a student in theUniversity, and seems acquainted with the Latin namesof various birds. He is going to
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