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§ 386. i^o^^r.— Akka-mella, West Bothnia, 1857. "Cock shot. 

 J.W. ipse.'' 



A. 7^0.-19 May. 



This nest I first found on the lltli, as 1 was measuring the river. 

 I was going up the wooded bank, Mella-vaara, when one of the 

 birds came and sat in a tree near. I saw it very clearly : it made its 

 usual cry, and we almost at once saw the nest in a young Scotch fir. 

 Johan Keimio was eager, and climbed up. The nest was empty. 

 On the 19th 1 drove my Reindeer " Kokko-julma " on the river ; both 

 birds showed and screamed. I brought down the two eggs in my 

 cap. The nest lined with luppu and sedge. I left in it two old Golden- 

 eye's eggs filled with sand, and having large holes open. The 

 name is from Akka, a kind of Lapp divinity [vide Leemius) [De 

 Lapp. Comment, p. 420], and mella, a sandhill. Here is an old 

 burying-place, still used. 



B. Two.— 2^ May. 



On this day I took two more eggs. The Golden-eye's had been 

 carried ofi*, one to the Buzzard's ordinary feeding-place, the wooden 

 rail of the burial-ground. 



§ 387. i^o^^r.— Muonio-niska, East Bothnia, 26 May, 1857. 

 "J.W." 

 Yesterday, or rather last night, I went with WoUas Lassi to take 

 this nest, which he had found more than a week ago. The cock, as 

 usual, was on the wing some time before we came to the nest. It 

 was in a youngish Scotch fir, five or six fathoms from the ground, 

 and had been occupied last year. Lassi climbed up. It was in his 

 own woodcutting groimd. The hen sat on the edge of the nest for 

 a Kttle time before she took to flight, and was in full moult. She 

 sat on a tree at some distance. Both birds were rather shy. The 

 cry of the hen stronger than that of the cock. The eggs were let 

 down in a botanical tin, and blown on the spot ; small young (| inch) 

 inside. 



§ 388. i^oz^r.— Nollanki, Meras-jarwi, West Bothnia, 24-30 

 May, 1857. 

 From Nollanki, a place two miles and a quarter from Meras-jarwi. 



