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5) 10—20 seen (1 $ collected), near
Borgarnes, W.-Iceland, 17 October
1952.**
6) One Krókur, Nordurárdalur, W.-Ice-
land, 30 April 1956.*
7) One Akureyri, N.-Iceland, 1957.**
8) One seen Kvísker, SE.-Iceland, 1 April
1958.
9) One shot on Heimaey, Vestmannaeyj-
ar, November 1959.
10) $ Gufuskálar, Snæfellsnes, W.-Ice-
land, 15 December 1959.*
11) $ Árhvammur, Laxárdalur, NE.-Ice-
land, 28 December 1960.*
12) One Akureyri 1962 — 63, first seen in
November 1962 and still present on 17
March 1963.
13) One Heimaey, 15 April 1966, shot.
14) One seen Surtsey, Vestmannaeyjar, 27
April 1969.
15) One Reydarfjördur, E.-Iceland, 7
March 1972.*
16) One seen at Seydisfjördur, E.-Iceland,
9 March 1972.
17) Ad. $ on Æðey, NW.-Iceland, 9
March 1972.*
18) Two seen at Djúpivogur, E.-Iceland,
March 1972.
19) One Bakkagerdi, E.-Iceland, March
1972, shot.
20) One seen Lágafell, Landeyjar, S.-Ice-
land, 4 April 1972.
21) Ad. S Seydisfjördur, April—May
1973. *
22) One seen Skammadalshóll, Mýrdalur,
S.-Iceland, 18 November 1973.
23) First winter c? Seydisfjördur 1973—74,
first seen in mid November 1973, col-
lected on 27 February 1974.*
24) One Rauduskridur, Fljótshlíd, S.-Ice-
land, 12 October 1975, shot.
25) Two seen on Heimaey, 20 October
1975, one shot.
26) Many (min. 38) seen Grindavík, SW,-
Iceland, early October 1975, four col-
lected (2 $ juv & 2 $ juv).* This flock
dispersed in the end of October, at that
time Jackdaws showed up at other
localities in S.- and SW.-Iceland. Jack-
daws wintered in at least four villages:
at Mosfellssveit (3 birds, 1 <$ juv col-
lected*), at Sandgerdi (5), at Eyrar-
bakki (8—10) and at Selfoss (7—10).
One bird caught at Grindavík in
October was kept in captivity and later
released in Reykjavik.
27) One Berufjördur, E.-Iceland, 2. Sep-
tember 1976.*
28) One Hólmur, Mýrar, SE.-Iceland,
September/October 1976.*
29) Ten seen in Hafnarfjördur, SW.-Ice-
land, 1 November 1976, two shot (<J
ad.* & $ juv.). Seven birds from this
flock wintered in Reykjavík, one in a
plantation and six in the town centre.
The birds where last seen all together
on 18 April 1977. A pair, one bird from
this flock and a bird released from
captivity (see above), stayed and built
at least two nests (Fig. 2). One nest was
in a chimney and one in a elevator
tower, no eggs where laid. This pair
wintered again at the same place in
1977—78, one bird disappeared in
November the other was last seen on 15
May. This is the only known breeding
attempt of this species in Iceland.
30) One seen Keflavik, SW.-Iceland, 6
November 1976.
31) Two seen on Heimaey, late April 1977.
32) One seen Nordur-Götur, Mýrdalur,
S.-Iceland, early November 1976.
33) One seen Kvisker, 2—9 May 1977.
34) Twoseen Skaftafell, 10—15 May 1977.
35) One seen Reykjavík, 20 October to 15
November 1978.
36) One seen Reykjavík, 3 March to 24.
April 1979.
The spring records (16 records, 18 birds)
are evenly distributed over the period 3
March—10 May. The autumn records (19
records, 75 birds) cover the period 3
September—28 December with a maximum
10—31 October (Fig. 3). This max. coincides
with the peak migration period in N.-Eu-
rope (Lennerstedt 1958, Mathiasson 1957,
Roos 1974, 1977).
Icelandic specimens (17 examined) be-
* Specimen in the Museum of Natural
History, Reykjavík.
** Specimen in other museums.
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