Dan Meinertzhagen's Diary. 75 



ing Tits' eggs the boys bring in, particularly 

 as the natives say they know no other. 



June 4th. — To-day, a beastly wet day, I found 

 nothing but a Brambling's nest in a fir tree, 

 with one egg in. The Blue Throat, which does 

 not appear to be common here, is called by the 

 Lapps " Saddan Kiellinen," and by the Finns 

 " Satagelinen." Both words mean "■ hundred 

 tongues " — a name the bird well deserves. 



A fish they catch here, which is very good 

 to eat, called *' siika, " seems to be, excepting 

 grayling, the fish of the place. Siikavuopio 

 apparently takes its name from it. **The 

 broadening of the river where suka are 

 found." 



June ^th. — A man brought in three hard set 

 Wood Sandpiper's eggs, and on extracting the 

 embryos I found an egg tooth on each man- 

 dible, which is curious. A boy also brought in 

 some blue eggs, taken from a hole in a tree — 

 the parent being black and white. They are 

 certainly Pied Fly-catchers, since I have seen 

 several about. 



1 am told there is no conscription here at 

 Muonioniska, and no magistrate. The nearest 

 place that has these luxuries is Kittila. They 

 also tell me that two Lapps, who stole some 

 reindeer, were sent off to Siberia, and when 



