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550 ANAS ACUTA. 
from which the bird flew, when we were a few yards off, and was 
shot by me as it rose. The nest made principally of sticks and 
down, on a little wooded island in the myr of a few yards’ circuit, 
raised four or five feet from the water. Eggs a day or two sat 
upon. 
§ 5579. Six —Viksi, 6 June, 1854. 
The bird ‘flew from the nest before Ludwig at two fathoms’ 
distance, and he was sure it was Pintail. It was by the side of 
[Lake] Viksi, by Viksi-poas. 
§ 5580. Zhree.—Karto-uoma, 21 June, 1854. 
Hewitson, ‘ Eggs of British Birds,’ ed. 3, pl. exiii. fig. 2. 
Found by Anton Knoblock in this marsh, where I got three nests 
of the same bird last year [ $$ 5575-5577]. 
[One of these was figured by Mr. Hewitson, as above. Three more were 
sold at Mr. Stevens’s rooms, 26 January, 1855, to Messrs. Gurney (2) and 
Gardner, junr. | 
§ 5581. S’v—Kaakkuri-lammas-Kura, 23 May, 1855. 
Found by Ludwig and Anton between Kaakuri-lammas and Viksi, 
the bird flying off. They set snares and went many times to look at 
the nest, but the bird always got clear of them. She laid her sixth 
egg outside the nest about five fathoms off. This they found on the 
25th. It is marked with a “ 2,” and they say they saw the bird on 
it also. As to the species, though they could not catch the bird, 
Ludwig is most positive, and I have not a shadow of doubt. 
§ 5582. Seven—Merasjarvi, 1855. 
Brought by a lad to Mucniovara on the 23rd of June, and bought 
by Ludwig for our eating, as the lad could not say what they were. 
He had found them in a marsh early in the year and kept them in a 
cold place, but on Ludwig opening one he found it not fresh, as 
they had been somewhat sat upon. There seems to be little doubt 
