410 LINOTA LINAUIA. 



These are from a dozen to twenty nests found by my men and 

 myself, and perhaps in every instance taken by myself, near the river 

 [Kongama] not far from the Norwegian mountains, on the 10th of 

 June. Two of the nests had already young in them, and the eggs of 

 others were nearly ready to hatch. They were generally placed in a 

 good thick fork of a tree, made of bents, willow-down, and so forth, 

 and lined with feathers, mostly, but not always, white. The nests 

 were often as much as ten feet from the ground, but generally within 

 reach of a man, and by the side of a mere we found two very near 

 the bottom of the tree. The birds sat very close; I shot one and 

 examined others closely. Thej^ are of the species which is so abundant 

 at Muonioniska in autumn and spring. The usual number of eggs 

 is five, sometimes six, but I did not see more. 



[Other eggs taken on this occasion were sold at Mr. Stevens's, 26th 

 January, 185o, to ^Ir. Gurney, Sir W. Milner, and Mr. Wihnot. In the 

 ' Catalogue ' of the sale, the date "18 June '' was accidentally inserted instead 

 of " 10 June."] 



^ 2198. Six. — Nyimakka, June, 1854. 



0. W. tab. xi. tig. 34. 



Two nests of Mealy Eedpoll, both fresh, brought to me on the 

 ]6th of June. Several other nests were hard sat upon, and at that 

 time there Avere young birds already hatched. 



[The eggs from each nest seem to be quite distinguishable.] 



^ 2199. 0;/e.— Mukka-uoma, 1854. 



This curious little egg was found in a Mealy RedpolFs nest by 

 Larkis Abraham. He left it for a day or two, hoping for another 

 such egg, but no other egg was laid. 



[It is a dwarf, one of the smallest bird's eggs I have ever seen, measuring 

 only "43 by -30 in. It appears to have a thicker shell than usual, and some 

 characteristic marking.] 



§ 2200. j^k-o.— Jeris-jiirvvi, July, 1854. 



Given to me with the nest, from the look of which they are 

 dcnibtlesslv of this bird. 



