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He could hardly get it even with the help of my climbing-irons. 

 He was not there in 1856 to see if there were eggs or not. In 1857, 

 this nest was taken by another man, at two or three o^ clock in the 

 morning. The bird was coming home with a fish (a Pike) in its claws. 

 The three eggs now in Mr. Simpson's collection. The second was in 

 Sardio, near Kangasjarwi. He had found it the autumn before. It 

 was in a living tree, not difficult to get up. It was not %'isited in 



1856, being a long way oflT, a quarter of a mile (Swedish) from Kan- 

 gasjarwi, and he was alone. There were two eggs. The third was 

 on Kemilaisen-vaara-nenasa. It was first found in the winter. Visible 

 from Sarkijarwi, a long way oflP. A living tree, thick, but not diffi- 

 cidt to climb. His finger-nails [kynsi) were not wanted. Not inhabited 

 in 1856. But he thinks the owners, that year, built on Terwa-jarAven- 

 maa, not more than three hundred fathoms from his own house. A 

 Rough-legged Buzzard was mending the nest as he went to it, but 

 was frightened aAvay. In the summer he saw an Osprey mending it, 

 and it had already made the nest very complete. This nest I myself 

 visited in 1857, in which year he subsequently took two Osprey'seggs 

 from a nest on the same hill. The bird was very angry with, and 

 almost attacked, him. It changed its nest three times that year. 

 It was originally in Terwa-jarwen-maa, then on Kemilaisen-vaara 

 (where the eggs, two in immber, were taken), and afterAvards back 

 again at the first place, upon another nest, which had been begun 

 the year before, in a Scotch fir about eight fathoms high. The 

 fourth nest which Heiki took in 1855 was on Tuorki-sarki-vaara, a 

 hill on the other side of Sarki-jarwi, and about half a mile i'rom the 

 thii'd he found ; the tree a Scotch fir, against which another had 

 long ago fallen ; the nest about eight or nine fathoms from the 

 ground. There were eggs here in 1856, which he took, as also in 



1857, then leaving one as a nest-egg, to which, however, the bird 

 laid no more. In 1856 it made many swoops at him with its claws 

 open, and almost frightened him in such a dangerous place. The 

 fifth nest was in Lappin-kenta-maa ; it was found by Heiki and Josa, 

 the latter of whom had probably knowTi something of it before. It 

 was in a living Scotch fir, very difficult to climb. Josa went up with 

 the irons, Heiki helping -with a long pole. As he was at the nest, 

 the bird seized the lad's cap, flew some little distance, and then dropped 

 it. He was hurt, too ^ This place was a little way on the other side 

 of Sieppi. The last nest Heiki took in 1855 was at Jonka-rowa or 

 Kalkion-rowa, somewhat between the two. Josa was again with 

 him, and they found it together. It Avas on a honka, or dead Scotch 



' [To what extent it does not appear.— Ed.] 



