68 TRAVELS OF A NATURALIST 



us — seemed to run down into the nest, take the eggs, and 

 appear again 300 feet below us. He was certainly a 

 wonderful cragsman. 



The Lille Frostdal nest was situated on a cliff, about 

 250 feet from the base, with a steep green slope above to 

 within three feet of the nest. Of nest there was scarcely 

 any, a slight hollow lined with dry grass, no wool or 

 feathers, and only about half a dozen dry juniper sticks 

 on the extreme outer edge. The two eggs were nearly 

 white, much longer shaped than type specimens, and had 

 been incubated about twelve days. 



The Valdersdal nest — according to Lars Eraker's 

 description on the 16th — was a large structure, formed of 

 juniper branches. Its getting took about 50 feet of rope. 

 The eggs were rounder and better marked than those in 

 Lille Frostdal, and had been incubated by two females, 

 the first having been shot by me on the 16th. 



We now came down and met at the foot Old Lars, who 

 was after Reindeer no doubt. He had seen nothing of 

 Eagles on Saturday, but told us he had a nest and five 

 fresh eggs of the Snow Bunting, which he had found 

 placed under a stone on the slope of the hill at Suletinden, 

 and had taken to Maristuen for us. Truly our luck is 

 good. He had shot the ? bird and brought her also. 



"We now rested, and had an hour's snooze in the sun- 

 shine, which was very warm to-day. Meanwhile Lars 

 started for home by a near cut. After this we returned 

 to the bridge, where, about 5.80 p.m., we had our beer and 

 a pipe. We tried Skiddor. 



Here Ole found another Redshank's nest with four 

 eggs close to the bridge. 



Our carioles came about seven o'clock, and we drove 

 on to Maristuen. 



Before we had got dinner Lars came in with another 

 Eough-legged Buzzard, a fine ? , which he had killed 



