73 Dan Meinertzhagen's Diary. 



and a beautiful brown butterfly. I wish 

 1 knew which are rare and which are not. 



1 saw a Garden Warbler to-day. One 

 ought to be able to extend the range of some 

 of the Warblers. I should much like to take 

 the nest of Phvlloscopus borealis. There doesn't 

 seem much chance of coming across any of the 

 rarer Buntings. 1 went for a stroll this evening 

 to try and find a pipe which I had left in the 

 wood. 1 knew exactly where I had left it, but 

 could not find the right track to the place. It 

 must be very easy to lose oneself in these 

 Lapp forests, and if it were not for the tell 

 behind 'Niska, several times we would have 

 lost our way. 1 saw another Skylark, evidently 

 breeding here, and a Wax Wing, but could not 

 find the nests. 



Bob has been fishing up the river which 

 comes from Onnasjarvi and caught forty-two 

 grayling and seven trout — the largest 2\ lbs. 

 The grayling were not so large. They were 

 nearly all caught on a "teal and purple." 



1 have been out several times looking 

 especially after Tits, as Wheelwright records 

 the Marsh Tit at Quickiock. 1 suppose 1 have 

 shot over a dozen here, all Siberian Tits, and 

 have seen several clos^ enough to be certain of 

 their identity ; so 1 feel pretty safe in accept- 



