about 1500 species. In the southern parts of the country we find oak, maple, lime, and elm. Birch is distributed throughout the country. The ordi- nary cereals are cultivated everywhere except in Finmark. Potatoes and various roots are also grown in every part of the country. On the wood- less plateaus above the timber line there is a rich growth of grass which gives ample summer grazing for the cattle from the valley farms. Fauna. In Norway the fauna is both arctic and boreal in character. In Finmark the reindeer, white hare, polar fox, glutton, snow bunting, lem- ming, and snowy owl occur in large numbers, these being the same animals as are found in North Russia and North Siberia. The arctic fauna extends a long way south, but in the more southern parts it is confined to the higher mountain tracts. Of animals of more southern origin we must men- tion first of all the elk, which is widely distri- buted. Then there is the roe in the eastern districts, and red deer in the west. The bear, lynx, wolf, fox, otter, marten and stoat occur in practically every part of the country. The bear is now becoming rarer, and the wolf does not wander farther south than Trgndelagen. The beaver and the badger are confined to the south. Of birds the ptarmigan, capercailzie, and black grouse are very common. The partridge occurs only in the 18