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morning, 1 a.m., I went once more, and had two shots at the bird as 
it flew rather wildly from the eggs, but it was not lit. The eggs 
were perhaps a week sat upon. In the nest were a few breast- 
feathers with the down, and I hope to be able to identify them. 
The Duck had a remarkably long neck, and I believed it to be 
Pintail. 
§ 5075. Four. | 
§ 5576. Four. ) Karto-uoma, 18 June, 1853. 
Three nests of Pintail. The first, found by Theodore at the edge 
of the marsh, contained six eggs, of which I have blown all. They 
were just ready to hatch. The bird settled a short distance from 
the nest and I examined it well with my glass, and had no doubt it 
was a Pintail. The nest was with only a moderate quantity of down, 
mixed with a good deal of other materials. 
Of the second nest I also saw the bird shortly after it left, and it 
was evidently of the same species. The nest contained eight eggs 
just hatching. I have kept tive of them. They are smaller and of 
a more delicate colour than those from the other three nests, for 
I speak also of the one in the wood near, Nedre-Muonioniska 
[§ 5574]. The nest was mostly made of grass. 
The third nest, like the last in a central part of the morass, had 
seven eges—four kept. I did not see the bird. The materials were 
in greater quantity than in the other nests. There were also the 
same little feathers here and there in it. Lastly, the young out of 
the eggs, which I very carefully examined, are all identical in 
the shape of the head, the length of the tail, the toes, and in 
every particular. Several Ducks which we saw in various parts 
of the morass were all Pintails. I could not with certainty come at 
the Finnish name; but both Ludwig and Theodore were sure it was 
the same bird as that in the wood before spoken of. 
§ 5578. Stz—kKarto-uoma, 20 May, 1854. “Bird shot. 
J. W. wse.” 
These six eggs in a nest in Karto-uoma, (fvre-Muonioniska, 
