national lists

["Wim Vader" <>]

        Norway has some far-flung possesiions in the Antarctic, i.e. Peter the 
Ist
Island and Bouvet island, as well as laying claim to a chunk of the
Antarctic continent Nobody here would dream of putting birds seen there on
their Norwegian list (not that many people actually visit those islands).
The case of Jan Mayen, an island midways between Iceland and Greenland, is
somewhat more equivocal and probably more comparable to your Christmas
Island; but I am unaware of any bird species actually seen there which have
not also been observed in Norway or on Svalbard.

                                                                                Wim 
Vader, Tromsø Museum
                                                                                9037 
Tromsø, Norway
                                                                                

PS Many thanks for good advice concerning my forthcoming New Zealand visit!

--------------------------------------------
Birding-Aus is now on the Web at
www.birding-aus.org
--------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message 'unsubscribe
birding-aus' (no quotes, no Subject line)
to