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[§ 2983. Mve.—Kyrkjuvogr, South-west Iceland, 4 July, 1858. 
aN. 
From a nest of eleven shewn to us by one of the Kyrkjuvogr people. It 
was placed in a rather exposed position on the slope of an old lava-stream, 
but with a good deal of vegetation around, at least for this district. Above 
the nest on the bank was a large patch of the very striking-looking moss, 
which I take to be the Trichostoma canescens mentioned by Sir W. Hooker 
(Tour in Iceland, p. 68 ; ed. 2,1. p. 85) ; below it some crowberry, dwarfed, as is 
everything hereabouts. The man tried to catch the old bird by throwing his 
jacket over her as she sat, but she jumped off with a cry of remonstrance as 
he did so. We then walked away from the nest, and the poor old thing 
accompanied us in a direction parallel to the one we were taking, and not 
keeping more than ten yards from us. After a time I fired my gun, thinking 
that the noise would make the cock crow; however, it only had the effect of 
sending the hen back to the nest, which she reached by flying most of the way, 
if not all. After waiting for her to settle herself, the man tried again to catch 
her as before, but unsuccessfully, and she flew off calling out. The cock bird 
almost immediately joined her. The eggs were on the point of hatching, 
several of them being chipped by the young. One was addled, though 
it had been fertile. The remaining six eggs from this nest, which were 
Mr. Wolley’s share of it, are unfortunately not forthcoming, and I do not 
know what became of them. | 
[§ 2984. One—Greenland. From Sysseimand Miiller, 1859. 
Given to me at Copenhagen by Mr. Woiley’s old Froese friend, whom I 
found there attending the Rigsdag as representative of his native islands. He 
assured me he had received it direct from Greenland. ] 
[§ 2985. One—“<Greenland,” lat. 72° N. ‘ Fox’ Expedition. 
From Dr. David Walker, 1860. 
Dr. Walker did not seem sure from which side of Baffin Bay this came. | 
[§ 2986. Zwo—lIceland, 1872. From Mr. Robert Gray, 
1886. 
Given to me by Mr. Robert Gray, of Edinburgh, who received them through 
Mr. A. J. Symington from Herra Jon Arnason of Reykjavik. | 
[§ 2987. Four—Anderson River, “ Arctic Circle,” 30 June, 
1863. From the Smithsonian Institution, through 
Prof. Baird, 1870. 
The label shews that the hen bird (no. 259713) from this nest, which was 
composed of “hay-leayes,” was shot, and the cock seen. These are from 
