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times faded or stained, on one side. The grass or sedge is not long 
and of a finish kind, so that it would not catch the feet of the new- 
hatched young, which also would have good marching ground on the 
bog around, and such ground was also near the nests in Iso- and 
Karto-uoma of former years [$$ 3176-3179]. As we were leaving 
the place, the old birds came sailing overhead from the north-west, 
and settled on the myr, where I examined them with my glass, and 
saw clearly that they were the Common Crane. The lads say the 
birds did not cry at all while they were in the myr till they had taken 
the eggs—nor did they while I was there. In the eggs were young 
with bones newly formed, long legs and down tufts—very difficult to 
extract. 
[This was the nest shewn by Mr. Wolley some two months later to the 
Messrs. Godman (Ibis, 1859, p. 197).| 
§ 3181. Zwo.—Lauli-uoma, 8 June, 1858. 
Found by Carl Porainen about the 8th of June, and brought to 
Muoniovara the 23rd of July by Kemio Johan. 
§ 3182. Zwo.—Almana-uoma, 1859. 
Brought to Muoniovara by Johan Polju, 6 March, 1860, having 
been found by him the year before. He could not remember exactly 
when it was, but it was after the 18th May. These were blown by 
himself, 
[The only other Cranes’ eggs that I can find Mr. Wolley obtained in or from 
Lapland were two in 1857, which were sold at Mr. Stevens's rooms, 31 May, 
1860, to Mr. Powys (afterwards Lord Lilford), These were sent from Sirka 
in the Ounas valley, by Mattilas Johan of that place, and did not reach 
Muoniovara till the 4th of August, when they were found to be “ rotten inside 
with partly grown young.” No particulars were forthcoming. | 
[§ 3183. Oxe.—Lahi-jirwi, 10 June, 1862. 
Found as above, by Mikkel Hendridsson Tepasto. The second egg of the 
pair got broken in the journey to Muoniovara. | 
[§ 3184. Zio.—Kittila, 1862. 
Brought by Carl Kakki, 12 July—but no information with them, } 
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