CYANECULA SUECICA. 1^09 



§ 1447. Six. — Mukka-uoma, 12 June, 1854. " Bird snared." 



This nest found by Niemis Apoo in a tuft of grass as he was pluck- 

 ing hay for my shoes ^ several miles (Swedish) above Mukka-uoma 

 by the river-side. We laid snares and soon caught the hen. The 

 nest very deep, with a large enclosure of loose leaves and grass, and 

 so approaching a Nightingale's. The eggs beautiful, of a dark olive- 

 green, almost like a Nightingale's or more like a Little Bustard's, 

 but fading as soon as dry after blowing. The bird was abundant iu 

 the neighbourhood. 



^ 1418. 0;?^.— Naimakka, 1854. 



From Naimakka's Olli with the nest, which appears to be indeed 

 a Bluebreast's, and I have no doubt about the eggs. The bird is 

 abundant about Naimakka, and its nest [§ 1444] was found while I 

 was there. Mukka-uoma Petari afterwards told me that his brother 

 Erky found these near a foss by the river, and was sui-e they were 

 Sata-kielinen. 



[Five more from this nest were sdW at Mr. Stevens's, 30th May, 1860, — two 

 to Lord Lilford, two to Mr. Burney, and one to Mr. Rake.] 



§ 1449. One. — Sara-jarwi, 1854. 



From Pecka, one of Nalima's lads, who watched the nest by Latas- 

 eno-strand, and saw the old birds, which he accurately described. 

 It was three quarters of a mile (Swedish) from Sara-jarwi, which is 

 ten miles (Swedish) from Kaaressuando. Ludwig says that when 

 fresh they were bluish, and he saw that they were not Wagtail's, so 

 that in all probability the lad is right. The nest, too, is very like a 

 Bluebreast's. 



[I am unable to identify this locality, and cannot help thinking that 

 Mr. WoUey was misinformed as to its distance.] 



\ 1450. Four. — Levva-jarvvi, 1855. 



Nalima's Pecka says he saw the bird perfectly, and he seems to be 

 a trustworthy lad. The nest before me looks like a Bluebreast's. 



1 [The shoes commonly worn in Lapland during summer are of soft leather, 

 large, and stuffed with dry grass. Being very comfortable, Mr. Wolley generally 

 used them iu his boat-voyages.— Ed.] 



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