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the trees he has placed nesting-boxes, which have been well 

 tenanted ; several have been occupied by Muscicapa atricapilla. 

 Dr. Hougberg's collection is especially rich in eggs taken in 

 Finland and in varieties. It contains twenty clutches of 

 eggs of Aquila chrysa'etus, some of which shew exceptionally 

 fine coloration. Amongst the varieties in the collection I 

 noticed a clutch of eggs of Sti'epsilas interpres very richly 

 marked on a pale grey ground, another of Numenius phaopus, 

 recalling certain eggs of Larus canus in general character, 

 a third of Limosa lapponica very slightly spotted on a pale 

 greenish-grey ground, and two eggs of Grus communis, 

 unusually darkly marked on a greenish ground. 



On the 27th of May I left Dr. Hougberg's hospitable 

 quarters to visit Mr. Schoultz, arriving at Humppela after a 

 journey of five hours by rail. Mr. Schoultz's collection has 

 been chiefly formed by himself in Finland, and he was, I 

 believe, the first oologist who found the Rustic Bunting 

 breeding in the north-east of that country. He shewed me 

 on the map the exact localities where the bird has been met 

 with in the breeding-season, and offered, if I could spare a 

 fortnight, to take me to find a nest or two, but, unfortunately, 

 I could not accept his kind proposal. In his collection I saw 

 a clutch of four eggs of Nucifraga caryocatactes taken in Fin- 

 land between Raumo and Nystad, a clutch of four of those of 

 Tringa minuta from Utsjoki, one unspotted egg of Co/ymbus 

 arcticus and one only slightly spotted on a greyish-blue- 

 green ground. Besides these there were several very well- 

 marked clutches of eggs of Phylloscopus sibilatrix taken in 

 Finland, many fine varieties of those of Falco cesalon, one 

 particularly dark clutch of those of Emberisa rustica, and 

 several eggs of Saxicola cenanthe and Muscicapa atricapilla 

 finely but distinctly dotted with red. In the collection were 

 a good many eggs obtained in exchange from other parts of 

 Europe, but none of them were of much value, and some 

 seemed to me rather doubtful. 



After spending a couple of days with Mr. Schoultz, I 

 travelled on to Wiborg to pass a short time with my old friend 

 Mr. W. Hackman, arriving there on the 29th of May. I 



