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to-morrow, will make rather a good wind-up to our work 

 at Maristuen, and we hope to have an equally good week 

 at Thune. 



July 1. 



On Saturday, the 1st of July — a warm day — after 

 breakfast we went up the old wood to the Blue-throated 

 AVarbler's nest which we found on the 27th of June. 

 We got five eggs and the nest, and after waiting some 

 little time, Alston shot the ? bird. We could not get 

 the S . The nest was of grass and moss, lined with fine 

 grass, and was placed under a single branch of juniper. 

 The eggs were fresh. 



Soon after we finally left Maristuen with all our 

 belongings, which we were sorry to do. 



At the head of Smedalsvand we stopped the carioles 

 and went along the hillsides for Skov Ryper, but in vain, 

 never seeing a bird. 



W^e stopped again at the head of Osevand, and had 

 another vain search for a Bluethroat's nest on the 

 promontory. We saw the ? bird go off again from the 

 same place as before, but our search, though careful, was 

 all in vain. Alston again found a Redshank's nest with 

 four eggs on this promontory. 



Two boatmen came across the lake, and from them Ole 

 heard of another Fjeld Orn's nest on Gronnenoset, the 

 hill above the Sceter at Grienlien. 



We then went on to Nystuen, and dined off a fine 

 Reindeer which Andreas Nystuen had killed at Slettnings- 

 vand last night — verrie goode nieate. 



We then got ropes and started about 5 p.m. for 

 Gronnenoset, where we found the nest was in a very 

 bad place. The ? screamed for some time before leaving 

 the nest, and we think she must have young ones. Alston 

 had a long shot and knocked some feathers out of her, but 

 without doing her much harm. The <? did not show. As 



