400 FRINGILLA MONTIFRINGILLA. 



§ 2129. Seven.— Sadlo, 1856. " With bird." 



Found by Sadio Mikel — brought with tlie nest and tlie bird care- 

 fully kept upon it to this day (24th October). The nest is largish, 

 made externally principally of willow-down, lichen, and bleached 

 grass-fibre, lined with rein-deer hair and feathers of Grouse and 

 Siberian Jay and wing-feathers perhaps of Titmouse. 



§ 2130. Five.— Sadio, 1856. " With head." 



To this nest there is only the head of the bird, an unmistakable 

 Brambling. The nest is like the last, but with more moss (sammal) 

 in its structure. 



^ 2131. Six.—Kyro, 1856. 

 With the nestj now before me, found by Kyro Niku. 



§ 2132. i^o^^r.— GEfvre-Muonioniska, 1857. 



Found by Auttima Pekka^s son Carl, i. e. Peter Grape's son. The 

 large egg is probably also a Fringilla montifringilla, but it has been 

 said, I think by Mr. Malan, that a Cuckow's egg resembles the bird^s 

 eggs in whose nest it is placed, not unlikely to be a mistake. 



[I do not know that Mr. Malan ever published anything to this effect, or 

 expressed any opinion on the subject other than in the letter to Mr. WoUey 

 from which an extract has been before given (§ 711) ; but it is veiy likely 

 that the latter had some recollection of this in his mind when writing the 

 passage above printed. I see no reason to suppose that Mr. Malan had 

 anticipated the views subsequently published by Dr. Baldamus (' Nauniannia,' 

 1853, pp. 307-325).] 



§ 2133. Five. — Kiwi-jarwi, Enontekis Lappmark, 13 June, 



1857. 



Found by Maria Muotka-jarwi on Kiwi-jarwi strand. 

 \ 2134. One.—l\yY6, 1857. 



[This has no further history and is one of the Cuckow-like specimens of the 

 Brambling's e^^, or perhaps really a Cuckow's.] 



