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of which I have shot one (or S. drehmi)! within the last day or two. 
The eggs were ready to hatch. 
§ 4225. Hour.—Kaaressuando, 3 June, 1854. 
Taken by Niilima’s Lassi or his boys, and the bird, snared upon 
the nest, brought to me. It is now before me—bill two inches and 
three-quarters long; belly white; fourteen feathers in the tail; from 
the end of the bill to the end of the toes, the bird stretched out, about 
thirteen inches; from the end of one wing to the end of the other 
about seventeen inches. 
§ 4226. Zhree.—Kaaressuando, 18 June, 1854. 
The fourth egg broken. Found by the men and believed to be 
Taivaan-jaara, i.e. Snipe. I believe both species are here, and I 
have had this common one snared [§ 4:225]. 
§ 4227. Siz.—Nullasjarvi, 1854. 
Brought by Nullasjarvi Eric, from two nests. Olli found one of 
them on a tuft in a marsh and says that it was Taivaan-jaara. They 
look like Snipes’. 
§ 4228. Three.—Palojoki, 1854. 
Brought with other eggs by Pekko Salko, who said they were from 
three nests—two were 7jutii, and they appear to be Wood-Sandpiper’s ; 
two more Piko Taivaan-jaara, Jack Snipe; and four Iso Taivaan- 
jaara or common Snipe. I have talked about little and great Snipes, 
but few, if any, of the people know there are two kinds. 
§ 4229. Two.—Viksi, 1854. 
The other two eggs were broken, said Lassi Johan, of Under 
Muonio, who found these eggs himself, and called them Taivaan-jaara, 
* [In those days the minds of ornithologists were disturbed by a supposed 
Scolopax or Gallinago brehmi, which had been announced by Sir William Jardine 
(Contr. Orn. 1849, p, 185, pl. xl.) as having occurred in this country, as well as on 
the Continent. Mr. Gould took much trouble to find out whether such a species 
existed, and came to the conclusion, now generally accepted, that it did 
not,—Eb. ] 
