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zard. I climbed up to tlie nest^ which was in a Scotch fir of no great 

 size. There were in it two young ones — one which was not many- 

 days hatched, the other much larger. They were white, and just 

 like young Eaglets. The nest was small, made of old sticks, with 

 two or tlu'ce sprigs of Scotch fir, and a little of the black hair-like 

 lichen " lujjpu," which hangs so abundantly from trees hereabouts. 

 The old birds flew around with a melancholy cry, just like the Com- 

 mon Buzzard, and they first did so a long way from the nest. I 

 fired several shots at them, without at all frightening them, though 

 one was certainly hit. Theodore shot one at last, whilst I was climb- 

 ing up the tree. We picked up all the bits of shell we could find 

 under the tree ; and this is the result, sufficient to show the charac- 

 ter of the eggs. In the nest was a half-eaten vole. The situation 

 was at the edge of a great marsh — or, at least, near the edge ; trees 

 all round. 



§ 340. Three. — Kaaressuando, Tornea Lappmark, 1853. 



Obtained 8th December 1853, from Pastor Engelmarck. These 

 were said to be Kalasd'dski, that is, Osprey ; but they appear to be 

 Buzzard's, and are, in all probability. Hough-legged Buzzard's. Two 

 of them are highly marked eggs. 



^ 341. One. — ^ija-vaara, East Bothnia, 14 May, 1854. 



Taken by Heiki. There was only one egg ; he took it, and visited 

 the nest a week afterwards, but it was deserted. I saw it on the 

 25th. The tree old and quite dead. The nest large, lined with 

 hair-lichen and a little hay. There had been two or three trees cut 

 down, and reared up to climb by. He could have shot the bird, had 

 he had a gun. The egg, of course, quite fresh ; and so I was able to 

 select it from the other three with which it had been mixed. If 

 there are two kinds of Piekonna, he thinks this egg belongs to the 

 smallest. He knew the nest three years ago. 



§ 342. 7%ree. — Ollas-jarwi, East Bothnia, 17 May, 1854. 

 " Bird shot. J. W." 



0. W. tab. V. fig. 1. 

 The nest was found by Wollas Lassie on the 15th May, and was 



