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to climb up, but the largest in the immediate vicinity. It was made 

 of sticks, lined with black hair-lichen, and of a good size. There was 

 this addled egg, and one young one some days old, with a yellowish 

 cere. By an oversight, I did not examine its legs. I had a good 

 look at the old birds : the dark mark in the middle of the wing, the 

 light upper part of the head, the dark under surface of the body, and 

 the white over the tail, all corresponded with Buteo lagopus, so com- 

 mon here last year. 



§ 351. Three. — Keras-sieppi,EiioiitekisLappmark,1854. "With 

 both birds." 



These three eggs brought to me by Hendrik on Midsummer Day, 

 with the skins of the two old birds, complete, but poorly stuffed. 

 They are now before me. The backs of both generally brown, with 

 the edges of the feathers lighter, especially in the scapulars of the 

 male. Top of the head also brown, with light edges to the feathers. 

 Upper part of the tail white ; the dark lower part barred in the 

 male, with indications of bars upwards by the sides of the shafts. 

 The throat and neck dull-coloured ; crop white ; chest dark brown, 

 more mottled in the male. The belly in the latter also somewhat 

 barred. Tail with a nearly black ring towards the end. Feathers 

 of the thighs and legs barred and speckled. Under side of wings 

 white, with speckles and bars, most of the feathers being dark at the 

 ends, and light or white towards the base : hence the primary wing- 

 coverts form a spot in the centre of the wing. Cere and feet yellow. 



§ 352. One. — Keras-sieppi, Enontekis Lappmark, 1854. 

 Out of three brought to me at Midsummer by the old man there. 



\ 353. One. — Sallanki, Kemi Lappmark, 1854. 



With eight others, from a lot of eggs blown by himself, and de- 

 livered to me by Sallanki Johan, a great rascal. With the lot is a 

 pair of Rough-legged Buzzard's feet. They do not know that I do 

 not care for Common Buzzard ; indeed the bird is not found, or not 

 known, here. 



^ 354. Two. — Palo-joki, Enontekis Lappmark, 1854. 



From Heiki OUen-poika and Zacharias. They called the bird 

 Poimonen, a less common name about Muonioniska than Piekonna. 



