184 PICUS MARTIUS. 



Of three inhabited nests discovered^ two w€re new and one okl. Our 

 woodman had a theory that the Spilkraka occupies its ' Bo ' during 

 two successive years if not distm-bed, and he thought that this 

 identical pair were a young couple that had just set up for them- 

 selves. Chips, some of them half an inch in length, lay plentifully 

 at the foot of the tree, giving the ground the appearance of the floor 

 of a carpenter's workshop." 



§ 597. Ow^.— Ryssby, Kalmar-Lan, 1856. 



[This seems to have been brought to Mr. Wolley at PersmSla on the 3rd of 

 June, as he was returning- with Mr. Hudleston from visiting the scene of the 

 latter's exploit just mentioned.] 



§598. 5"w:o.—Brynas,Gefle-Lan, April, 1856. '' A. H." From 

 Herr Alfred Hartmann's Collection. 



Given to me at Gefle by Herr Hartmann out of a nest taken by 

 himself. These were the only two he had left, for he had sent me 

 the others to Stockholm. He is perfectly certain about the bird, 

 which he saw. Picus martius is much commoner than P. viridis 

 near Gefle. 



§ 599. Five. — Gefle-Lan. From Herr Alfred Hartmann's 

 Collection, 1856. 



[Out of seven eggs sent to Mr. Wolley at Stockholm by Ilerr Hartmann. 

 A sixth -was given to the late Mr. Wilmot; the seventh was bought by 

 Mr. Gould at Mr. Stevens's Rooms, 30 May, 1860. One of these is abnor- 

 mally elongated and imperfect at the smaller end.] 



§ 600. One. — Tomi-koski, Tepasto, Kemi Lappmark, 18 May, 



1858. 



Found as above by Varan Heiki in a hole in a dead tree near the 

 Ounas river. 



§ 601. Two. — Kittila, Kemi Lappmark, 1859. 



Found by Peter Luosa, and brought to Muouiovara, 23 June, 1859, 

 by Nils Rowa. 



