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deal pulled to pieces. It is made of tree-hair, principally dark- 

 coloured, interwoven with sheep's grass rather more than the others. 

 There is a little reindeer moss and externally a few (as there doubt- 

 less have been many more) twigs of spruce all old and dried. The 

 bird seems to be a hen ; it has only one bit of " wax " remaining on 

 each wing. This nest was on the same side of the hill as that which 

 had the six eggs [§ 810], but was nearer the top. It was also placed 

 in a kuusi karakka, but so that one could not quite reach it from the 

 ground. It was on a branch and did not touch the bole of the tree, 

 on the south side of the tree (the hill-side facing west) . The tree 

 was stronger than that which bore the nest last mentioned. The 

 nest was built on an old Kukhainen's, as the feathers in its structure 

 and the old twigs and moss proved. It stands on the branch, not 

 woven amongst the twigs : first is laid a platform of sticks. The 

 wood was thicker than in the last described spot, very few spruces, 

 and the birches were far apart. Johan saw the bird as it sat on its 

 nest, by which means he found it. He was close to the tree before 

 it flew away. It did not go far and came back. Only one bird was 

 seen, and as it flew from the second tree it cried a little. 



[These were the eggs exhibited by my brother lulward at the meeting of 

 the Zoological Society, 24th March, 1857, when Mr. WoUey's discovery was 

 announced. Two of them are now figured as above.] 



§ 812. One. — Suas Kangas, Sardio, Kemi Lappmark, 10-13 

 June, 1856. "Bird snared." 



P. Z. S. 1857, Aves, pi. cxxii. (eggs). 



Out of five eggs, with nest and hen snared upon it. The nest is 

 much dilapidated, it seems to have rather more rein-moss in its 

 structure than the others brought at the same time. Outside it has 

 one or two trailing shoots, beside the spruce. Like the last it was 

 brought by Sardio Mikel on the 29th of June. 



Several persons saw this nest. A little boy, Frederik, said " A 

 bird went from here." They marked the place, and came again. 

 This second time, it was several days after the first visit, the bii'd 

 flew from the nest. Mikel at first had said " There is no nest ", at 

 the former visit, for it was only just beginning. The second time it 

 was easily seen. It was in a large Scotch fir, on a branch at least 

 half a fathom from the bole, and two fathoms from the ground. The 

 nest was laid on a branch. The bird was silent. It was in a kangas 

 (low flat land with rein-moss and many trees, Ludwig says). Trees 



