486 PERISOREUS INFATJSTUS. 



§ 2612. O^z^.— Kitkisuando, 2 May, 1856. 



Out of three which Ludwig got as above, they having been found 

 or taken by Elias that morning. The part of the nest now before me 

 is made of sticks, luppu, reindeer-hair in some quantity, a little rotten 

 wood, fine grass macerated, green moss, feathers of Grouse and 

 Capercally — a considerable mass. Two eggs were a good deal sat 

 on ; the third was deformed and fresh — probably not fruitful. 

 Elias had to dispute with the bird ; first he took it by the tail, of 

 which some feathers gave way, but then he seized it by the head and 

 threw it out. 



[The other two eggs from this nest formed Lots 80 and 81 at Mr. Stevens's, 

 23 February, 1858, and were bought by M. Parzudaki. The third, which is 

 the deformed one, is somewhat flask-shaped and wrinkled at the smaller end.] 



^ 2613. 7^?^;o.— Akes-jarwi, 8 May, 1857. 



These are from three nests, containing in all eight eggs, mixed 

 together when brought, but the lad [Gustaf Wassara] separates them 

 as I should do. The nests were all some two fathoms high, in small 

 spruce-trees. Two of them were found accidentally and supposed to 

 be Pine-Grosbeaks' ; the third was found by following the bird, which 

 was carrying feathers. The birds were very bold, and would not leave 

 the nests till men were on them. The nests, carefully brought, are 

 before me. One was by the side of a marsh, another near the marsh 

 so that it was visible, the third was some height up a hill. 



2 August, 1857. — Two of those from the second nest, sent to Pastor 

 Liljeblad at Sodankyla. 



J35 August, 1857. — The three from the first nest, sent with it to 

 the Museum at Helsingfors by Herr Nylander. 



[The remaining e^^ of the eight was offered as Lot 79 at Mr. Stevens's, 

 23 February, 1858, but did not meet with a buyer, I do not know what is 

 become of it.] 



§ 2614. One. — Kima-lakki, Muoniovaara, West Bothnia, 17 

 May, 1857. " J. W." 



0. W. tab. xiii. fig. 6. 



This Kuukainen's egg I and Anton Knoblock found by Kima-lakki, 

 at the back of Muoniovaara. The day before, in the cold north wind, 

 I had seen a bird hopping about the open spots of ground at the 



