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them, although he wants 10 kr. each. The post- 

 master has also some Eagle Owl's eggs. 



To-day I spent in skinning and making a 

 skeleton of the Hawk Owl. I bought to-day 

 some eggs which a boy had taken last year, 

 including three Osprey's and eight Rough- 

 legged Buzzard's, for which I gave him 10 kr. 



May 12th. — Nothing of very much interest 

 to-day. The only new arrivals are Ruff and 

 Whinchat. Karl Laati told me that some years 

 ago he took a clutch of Passerine Owl's 

 eggs and sold them. 



Bob spent most of the day in trolling in the 

 bay for trout and pike, and had a trout on for 

 two minutes, but lost it. This shows, however, 

 it isn't too early to start fishing. These last 

 few days have been the hottest we have had, 

 very cloudy and muggy. 



May I ^tlL— On sexing a Greenshank this 

 morning I found in the oesophagus a pike 

 over three inches long. It also contained a 

 ripe egg. 



As far as I can make out, there are five 

 species of birds found from here to Alaska and 

 nowhere else— namely, Sumia fwierea, Strix 

 lapponica, Cyanecula snecica, Phylloscopiis bore- 

 alts, and Archibuteo lagopus, and perhaps 

 Anthus cervinus, though whether this latter 



