ETHYIA FULIGULA. 595 
It was in or by the side of a kind of open, rather swampy [place], at 
a few hundred yards’ distance from a lake, about opposite to the 
falls, from which it might be a quarter of a mile or more. The nest 
was under a heap of old sticks; as I made a noise at the spot the 
bird at first would not leave it, but when at last it did, I shot it to 
identify the eggs. There was some rustling among the sticks before 
it went. Broken shells on the ground made me at first fear that the 
eggs were hatched, but I found there had been a nest last year of the 
same bird upon the identical spot. There was a kind of bed of the 
growing roots of willow forming a sort of dry turf, rather elevated. 
Upon this were laid the eggs, and round them was heaped a.quantity 
of black down, each piece with a white centre. 
§ 5746. Five.—Toras Sieppi, 23 June, 1853. 
These I obtained at Toras Sieppi, on the way to Jerisjarvi from 
Muonioniska, yesterday (4th July). The boy who found them said 
they were near the rapid upon a tuft not far from the bank of the 
little river. They were taken on Midsummer Eve, 23 June, and 
were perfectly fresh laid. They were most decidedly Sortti. He 
saw the bird and knew it well. The nest besides, and everything 
made him quite sureabout it. He knows of only one kind of Sortti: 
of that the cock is ‘‘ white on the side, and black on the back ” ; 
the hen is “ nearly black, a little white on the wing and a little white 
under.” The Ducks that he knows besides are Haapana, Sotka, 
Meri-lintu, Alle, Puna-suorsa, Jouhi-suorsa, and Koskelo—of which last 
there are two varieties, Hauto-Koskelo and Kari-Koskelo. The two 
last I cannot quite make out. He says they both breed here. 
Hauto-Koskelo is black on the back, a little red beneath, and lays the 
biggest egg. Kari-Koskelo is white beneath. (Koskelo is Merganser.) 
Meri-lintu, “ cock black with red beak,” is no doubt Scoter. Puna- 
suorsa ‘ Hen has very red feathers over all the body, and very broad 
beak, two blackish feathers stand up at the tail of hen and it has a 
brilliant red head—many in spring—never saw its eggs.” The boy’s 
father adds that it “ screeks like a calf.” Jouhi-suorsa— male, head 
yellowish, or whitish, white neck—two long feathers in tail—very 
long and narrow neck—Hen blacker on the whole, white under,” 
no doubt Pintail. “ Alle has long feathers in tail, breeds in moun- 
tains ?,—Long-tailed Duck. The father mentions an uncommon 
bird, Lapin-suorsa, “like Puna-suorsa but has broader beak, the 
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