126 ARCHIBUTEO LAGOPTJS. 



there were small young in these eggs, which he has carefully kept 

 distinct. 



§ 347. Three. — Kaaressuando, Tornea Lappmark, 2 June, 1854. 

 " Hen shot. J. W. ipse." 



I was taken to the nest on the 1st June, by the boy Johann 

 Hendrik, commonly called Fricky, at Hammen-vaara, three quarters 

 of a mile south of Kaaressuando. It was some fifteen or twenty feet 

 from the ground, in a side branch of a Scotch fir, halfway up the 

 hill, and easily accessible. I went up to it several times, and took 

 the eggs on the 2nd or beginning of the 3rd — for it was about mid- 

 night. The birds wailed near the nest long before we came up. I 

 caused a hut to be built above the nest, but I believe the bird saw 

 my gun, and would not come. The second visit, my gun being care- 

 fidly concealed, the bird at last came on to the nest, looking away 

 from me towards where the men were. I fired, and she fell. It was 

 freezing slightly, and there was a cold wind. The nest was made of 

 fir-twigs, lined with grass or Carex. In the bird^s ovary I counted 

 about a hundred eggs visible on one side only : there would be as 

 many more on the opposite side, besides those in the middle. 



§ 348. Four. — Nalima, East Bothnia, 5 June, 1854. " Bird 

 shot." 



Four eggs, brought on the 10th June by Keimio Michael, with 

 the feet of the bird, which now lie before me carefully labelled by 

 Ludwig. 



§ 349. One. — Naimakka, Enontekis Lappmark, 15 June, 1854. 



Out of three found on the Finnish side ; I suppose, Rough-legged 

 Buzzard's. 



§ 350. One. — Muonioniska, East Bothnia, 26 June, 1854. 

 "J. W." 



From a nest found by myself and men in low ground near Kharto- 

 vaara. The birds betrayed themselves by their wailing cries. The 

 nest was placed just at the top of a Scotch fir, a small tree, and easy 



