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a smaller bird than the Sotka (Golden Eye), but was able to turn 
that bird out of its hole, if it wanted it for itself; though some 
accounts told the reverse story. It had formerly been found not 
unfrequently on the Muonio River, and especially on the lakes 
through which the little Jeris-joki runs. On the former river, a 
little above the inlet of the Palo-joki, there is even an islet called 
after it, Ungilon-saari, on which, though there are still tyllas, the 
bird has not been known for a good many years. In the course of 
time I learned that the bird had a beak like a Koskilo (Merganser), 
and the colours of the male were described to me in a way that left 
no doubt it was the Smew. Still it required some selection of 
evidence to hold this opinion firmly ; for instance, a woman talking 
to me imitated the cry of the bird, in doing which she used the 
syllables “ u-u-ungel ” with the music of the spring call of the Long- 
tailed Duck, and by her subsequent description clearly showed that 
that was the bird she meant, though it is usually known by quite 
another name, identical with, and perhaps borrowed from, the 
Swedish, Al/e. This suggested to me that the name Ungilo may 
have been originally applied to the Long-tailed Duck, inasmuch as 
we find, in Strém’s “ Description of Sandmér,”* that the Long- 
tailed Duck is called Angle-mager (Hook-maker) on parts of the 
Norwegian coast, doubtless from its cry connected with the time of 
its appearance when the sea-fishing begins *. 
Nothing is more common than one and the same name being 
applied to different birds in different districts. Even this very name 
Ungilo is used for the Goosander in certain places on the Upper 
Tornea River. 
Concerning the egg of Ungilo I made every inguiry. All the 
people who remembered it on the Muonio agreed that it was much 
less than the Golden Eye’s, and was liable to be found in the same 
hole with eggs of that bird. As a consequence of this popular 
belief, I often had dwarf eggs of Sotka brought tome for Ungilo’s. 
From one trustworthy man, Piko Haki [Heiki], I heard that some 
ten years before he had found a nest and taken the eggs on sale for 
1 [Physisk og Oeconomisk Beskrivelse over Fogderiet Séndmor (i. p. 221). 
Sorée : 1762.—Ep. | 
* The Finnish names of things are often nearly related, as the language generally 
is, to the Lappish. For northern productions it is’ likely that the Finns, the later 
comers, would often borrow from the Lapps. The Lapps call the Long-tailed 
Duck “ Hanghi,” a name probably formed from the ear [qu. ery ? ]. 
