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rock. The nest and eggs were easily seen from the outside, indeed they were 

 visible from two points, as the cleft was open at each end ; but we had a great 

 deal of trouble to get at them, for we had nothing at hand strong enough to 

 stir the bigger rocks. At length, by means of a ramrod and my walking-stick, 

 the Doctor and Ludwig were able to push the nest so that I could just reach 

 the eggs, three of which were much incubated, while the fourth was either 

 laid more lately or was infertile. The nest was composed as usual and lined 

 with Gulls' feathers. One of my companions shot the cock bird.] 



[^ 2418. niree.—k\km-\iovTi, 9 July, 1864. 



This nest was found by Ludwig immediately after the last, and close by it. 

 It contained six eggs, also hard sat upon. Of these I subsequently gave two 

 to Dr. Malmgren, and Mr. Graham Manners-Sutton begged two more of me, 

 while the remaining two are nearly good for nothing.] 



[§ 2419. 0/^e.— Sabine Island, East Greenland (1869 ?). From 

 the Second German Polar Voyage, through Dr. Finsch, 

 1870. 



Of normal appearance. The only information I have with this e^g is tliat 

 it was obtained by the expedition to Sabine Island (Zweite Deutsche Nord- 

 polarfahrt in dem Jahren 1869 und 1870, iii. p. 240), but no particular mention 

 is made therein except it be that which Dr. Copeland found on the 12th July 

 {torn. eit. pp. 19.3, 194).] 



[^ 2420. Five.— ^oxi\i of Scotland, 19 June, 1888. " J. Y." 

 From Mr. John Young. 



The fii-at eggs of the Snow-Bunting, so far as I know, ever taken in this 

 island ', being the spoil of Mr. Young, who not only was at considerable trouble 

 to make the discovery, but kindly permitted me to become possessed of them, 

 adding to their value by lending me his journal, from which I make the follow- 

 ing extracts : — 



" June 19th. A lovely morning, got up at six and was off with M. by 8 a.m. 

 \Ve walked up to a shoulder of the hill to the north, but could not see a sign 

 of a Snow-Bunting, so we wended our way along the stony tops without 

 seeing a bird of any kind. A stag kindly shewed itself on the sky-line about 

 800 yards distant. On we walked, up and down, till we came to a steep slope 

 on the south-east side of Ben . It was covered with loose stones, so 



1 [A nest, with young, was found in Sutherland, 8 July, 1886, by Messrs. B. N. 

 Peach and A. Gray, full details of which, together with a most instructive note on 

 the nesting of the bird by Mr. L. N. Ilinxman, were published in 1887 by 

 Messrs. Harvie-Brown and Buckley in their ' Vertebrate Fauna of Sutherland,' &c. 

 (pp. 138-143).— Ed.] 



