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^ 2617. Four.— S&dio, 1857. 

 § 2618. Four.— Ssidio, 1857. 



0. W. tab. xiii. figg. 7, 8. 



Two nests of Kuukainen brought by Apoo with four eggs in each. 

 Those of the first not at all incubated, but with a slightly bad taste, 

 shewing they have been long taken. The inner part of the nest, now 

 before me, is made chiefly of feathers and black luppu, with a few 

 grass-stalks woven in. There appear also spiders' nests, sallow- 

 cotton, rotten wood, and macerated grass-fibre. The feathers are 

 chiefly of Capercally (cock and hen) and Grouse (white). I see 

 among them one Siberian Jay's, and one apparently from the breast 

 of an adult Gos-Hawk. 



The eggs of the second nest were all so much incubated as to have 

 large young inside, but a good deal putrified. They are a beautiful 

 set of eggs, of the Butcher-bird type. 



§ 2619. Four. — Mantu-vaara, 1857. 



0. W. tab. xiii. figg. 9, 10. 



On the 17th June Johan Samuelsson brought to Knoblock these 

 eggs, sent by Pieti Rautosjiirwi, from whom I had had an interesting 

 letter ^ concerning the finding of thetn. In this nest one egg [fig. 10] 

 is an unusual variety. The nests of this and the following came 

 with the eggs, but no bird. 



§ 2620. 0)ie. — Mantuvaara, 1857. 



Out of three which came with the last from Rautosjarwi. The 

 other two I have sent to Herr Liljeblad in Sodankyla, unwritten on, 



' [Of this letter, which is in Finnish, Mr. Dresser has kindly furnished me with 

 the following translation : — 



" To Mr. Englishman at Muoniovara. 

 " Englishman, greeting ' ! 



" We have found two nests of Kuukainen with seven eggs, one 

 containing three, the other four, and have also taken them together with the 

 mother. The nest is made in a very peculiar fashion. We have marked the 

 tree and place where we found it. This for your information. Perhaps we 

 may find some more. It is impossible to describe the neat ; it resembles that 

 of a wasp. Nothing more to say. ,, p^j^^. j^^udus, farmer." 



—Ed.] 



