208 Mr. IL J. Pearson on Birds 



6. AcROCEPHALUs PiiiiAGiMiTis. Sedgc- Warbler. 



A male was shot near Lake Ukauskoe; also two others 

 were seen and heard there. 



7. CiNCLus, sp. inc. Dipper. 



One seen on the river by the writer, but not near enough 

 for the determination of the species. 



4-8. MoTACiLLA ALBA. White Wagtail. 



Several were seen near the coast and inland. We found a 

 nest of six eggs in the midst of a large stony tract on the 

 bills, which appeared the most unlikely place possible for a 

 nest of any description. 



-f.9. Anthus PRATENSis. Mcadow-Pipit. 



We shot old birds and obtained both eggs and young. It 

 was a common species, especially on the higher ground. 



-^10. Anthus CERViNus. Red-throated Pipit. 



Locally common, especially round the tarns and more 

 marshy ground, where it replaced A. pratensis. Several 

 were shot, and some well-marked clutches of eggs were 

 obtained. These eggs vary much more in colour and marks 

 than those oi A. pratensis. In all the nests H. and C. Pearson 

 took in Norway in 1893 there were a few horsehairs or fine 

 black roots in the lining, but we found no trace of this 

 peculiarity in Lapland. 



IL LiNOTA ExjLiPES, CouGs's liedpoll. 



This was the Redpoll of the district and the only one seen. 

 It was abundant on both sides of the fjord and round Lake 

 Ukanskoe. Pairs were also scattered over the hills as high 

 as the birch reached. Unfortunately we were rather late 

 for eggs, and most of those taken were much incubated. We 

 found five nests with eggs (four, five, five, five, four re- 

 spectively) and six with young. Dresser states, in his * Birds 

 of Europe,' that authentic eggs were unknown to him, and 

 it may be of interest, therefore, to state that these, as well 

 as the nests, are indistinguishable from those of L. linaria. 

 The nests were generally in birch-scrub, and placed near the 



