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the nest. As soon as the nest was entered the 

 birds commenced screaming, and made a most 

 awful noise, sometimes similar to that of the Great 

 Owl (Bubo ignavus, Forst.).' [J. A. H. B. notes 

 that it was a very handsome set of eggs, but one 

 egg was abnormally small.] 



* Sne-ugle. Five eggs taken 9th July, 1872, by 

 0. J. L., ipse, about 8 English miles from and 

 S.E, of Nystuen. The nest was placed on the top 

 of a low rock, and was merely a hollow in the 

 reindeer-moss. The eggs were hard set. Both 

 birds were seen, but they were very wild. The 

 colour of these eggs was not so pure white as 

 those of the 17th June. At the time the eggs were 

 taken out of the nest they were the dirtiest eggs 

 ever seen' [J. A. H. B. notes that these he also 

 believes are correct, though somewhat peculiar. 

 J. A. H. B. also writes marginally, 'Cannot under- 

 stand.'] 



' Sne-ugle, Four eggs taken 13th July, 1872, by 

 0. J. L., ipse, on the mountain above Breistolen, 

 on the Hallingdal road. The nest was placed at 

 the side of a hill on a rock. Lysne had a shot at 

 the hen and wounded her. The eggs were hard 

 set.' [J. A. H. B. writes, ' May be correct but are 

 more like K. L, B., ' hen wounded.' J. A. H. B. 

 also writes marginally, ' May be right, but 

 curious.'] 



' Sne-ugle. Four eggs taken 23rd July, 1872, 

 by 0. J. L., ipse, by the aid of Lars Eraker, who 

 had seen the eggs and nest before, but would not 

 take them before 0. J. L. was present, as the eggs 

 differed a great deal from any egg of the kind we 

 have seen. The nest was on a hill near Sule-vand, 

 Fillefjeld. Both birds [were seen] flying about 



