ASTUR PALUMBARIUS. 77 



§ 123. Four. — Palo-joki, Enontekis Lappmark, 1856. 



Taken in Jankalen-maa by a man of Palo-jarwi, but the place is 

 near Palo-joki. Palo-jarwi is one mile north of Leppa-jarwi. They 

 were brought to Muoniovaara 8th July. 



^\^^. Three. — Jungki-jarwin-maa, East Bothnia, 14 May, 

 1857. 



These eggs, brought to Muoniovaara by my special messenger, Apoo, 

 were taken by Heiki the day before. He blew them at once, not ex- 

 pecting there would be any opportunity of sending or bringing them, 

 as he had been long unwell. They were quite fresh, but he thinks 

 the nest was full. Last year there were young when he found the nest. 

 One egg is very interesting from its most decided markings, even of 

 a vermiform character. Heiki observed that they were the smallest 

 eggs of Koppelo-Haukka he had ever seen. It is noticeable that the 

 markings [of a pale olive tint] have the character of those occa- 

 sionally seen on the eggs of Ducks. 



§ 125. TJiree. — Ruona-vaara, Kemi Lappmark, 8 May, 1858. 



Brought to Muoniovaara by the finder the following day. They 

 were taken by himself near Mutka-vaara. He saw the bird, which 

 flew from the nest. 



[These three eggs are all more or less marked in the singular manner which, 

 in the preceding section, Mr, Wolley has well compared to the blotches of 

 colour which some Ducks' eggs exhibit. But one of them has, in addition 

 to the pale olive markings, some very decided specks of dark brown overlying 

 the former of quite another character, which have a tendency to chip oif, as 

 does some of the thickly laid-on colour on the eggs of many Eagles, Buzzards, 

 and Falcons.] 



§ 126. Two. — Touraine, France. From M. Parzudaki's Col- 

 lection, 1856. 



[§ 127. 0/2^.— Mr. J. H. Gurney's Menagerie, 1857. 



This egg was given to me by Mr. Gurney in 1858, being one of five or six 

 laid by a Gos-Hawk in his possession. The bird evinced a great desire to sit, 

 and some Bantam's eggs were given her for that purpose, but unfortimately 

 nothing came of them.] 



