308 CYANECULA SUECICA. 



CYANECULA SUECICA (Limueus). 

 BLUETHKOAT. 

 § 1443. Two. — Kaaressuando, 1853. 



[These were among a number of small eggs obtained from Pastor Engle- 

 marck. Mr. Wolley appears to have thought they were Yellow Wagtail's, but 

 they are doubtless Bluethroat's — a bird whose eggs he had not at that time 

 obtained in Lapland.] 



§ 1444. /S'/ci'.— Lapland, 16 June, 1854. ''J. W." 



The nest found by Mukka-uoma Jolian and Olli in drawing the 

 boat over a foss-side, and shown to me as that of Sata-kiel'men 

 [Hundred-tongues] . I twice saw the bird fly from the nest^ which 

 was on the ground — a large foundation made by the bird as in the 

 other nests which I have seen. 



[The note omits saying where this nest was ; but from the context it is clear 

 that the locality was between Naimakka and Muklva-uijma.] 



§ 1445. Seven. — Sarempi, 1854. 



Found by the old man at the lowest house at Sarempi. He was 

 quite certain they were Saia-kielinen, whose nest and eggs he had 

 known before. The nest agreed with others of the same bird. 1 got 

 them June 17th, quite fresh. 



\ 1446. i^02^r.— Naimakka, 1854. 



Out of six found by the pretty wife of Naimakka. She said they 

 belonged to the bird with a white stripe over the eye and a blue 

 breast. The nest agreed. 



obtained was sent to me, and afterwards submitted to Mr. Hewitson, who says 

 that it could " scarcely be the white variety of the i\gg of any other British bird " 

 (Eggs Br. B. ed. 3, i. p. 100). I have always regretted mj failure to find out what 

 became of Mr. Hawkins's collection at his death. All the same, I do not believe 

 that any of these eggs were the produce of Ruticilla titys, and I think they were 

 most likely laid by a Blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla, of which the collection contains 

 an undoubted egg [§ 1680], perfectly white and wholly indistinguishable from that 

 of the Black Redstart. It will also be seen that the nests described by Mr. Ster- 

 land agree very well with those built by the Blackcap. — Ed.] 



