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§ 234. Four. — Aita-uoma, West Finmark, 8 June, 1859. 



Brought from Katkesuando^ June 12th^ having been found as 

 above on the ground on a hillock. The finder did not know what 

 eggs they were : he said the bird was a Hawk, grey but somewhat 

 lighter on the neck. It was not angry when he took the eggs, but flew 

 round. It had such a cry as the " Little CapercaUy-Hawk." Round 

 the nest were many birds' bones. 



[These are such large eggs that, were it not that they also happen to be very 

 deeply coloured, I shoidd almost be persuaded they belonged to the Gpfalcon. 

 One of them measures 2-3 in. by 1-75; and I have some Gyrfalcons' that are 

 considerably less; one is only 2-22 in. by 1-68. Most of the eggs of the 

 common Falcon from Lapland seem to be larger than British specimens, but 

 not all, aa, for instance, those in the next section.] 



[§ 235. Two. — Aita-uoma, West Finmark, 17 June, 1861. 



These are from the same place as those in the last section, but, judging fi-om 

 their size, form, and coloration, evidently the produce of a different bird. They 

 are very nearly the smallest eggs of this species I have, measuring 1-87 in. by 

 1*52, and 1'99 in. by 1'49 respectively, and are besides rather curiously 

 coloured. They were found as above, upon the ground.] 



[§ 236. 0;^e.— Head of Teesdale, 1847. " W. H. S." From 

 Mr. W. H. Simpson's Collection, 1854.] 



[§ 237. 0^^.— Shetlands, 1854. 



Sent to me by a correspondent, who says they were fovmd " in the sea- 

 banks, about one hundred and fifty feet high," on the island wherein he lives.] 



[§ 238. rtt'o.— Kirkcudbrightshire, 1855. 



These I received from a gentleman, who took them himself. They are 

 from two nests, one of which was taken on the 18th of April, the other about 

 a month later. The hen-bird was caught on each nest]. 



[§ 239. i^o«r.— Shetlands, May 1856. 



These, and the two eggs in the next section, were sent me by the cor- 

 respondent before mentioned (§ 237) ; these from the sea-clill's near a head- 

 land on one of the southern isles.] 



