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which they had captured on the fjalls between Jemtland and 

 Norway. It is probable, however, that the supply obtained 

 from the peninsula was trivial as compared with that from 

 Iceland; for we are told of a ship that arrived at Copen- 

 hagen from thence, in the year 1754, having one hundred 

 and forty-eight falcons on board. 



The Slag-Falk (Fako cyanopus, C. Gesn. ; F. Lanarius, 

 Auct.), whose proper home is in the eastern parts of Europe and 

 Asia, is sparingly found, Nilsson tells us, in Sweden ; and he 

 describes a young bird, believed to have been taken in Scania. 

 Kjserbolling imagines it to have been met with in Denmark, 

 and says that the female lays four or five eggs of a dirty-white 

 colour, marked with red spots, or marmorerede (marbled). 



The Peregrine Falcon (Pelegrims-Falk, or Pilgrim-Falcon, 

 Sw. ; Falco peregrinus, Gmel.) was pretty common in my 

 neighbourhood. This bird is found, though, as it would 

 seem, somewhat sparingly, over nearly the whole of Scan- 

 dinavia ; but is more general in the northern than the 

 southern parts of Sweden. It bred near Ronnum. The nest 

 was usually placed in the top of a tree, though at times in 

 the crevice of a rock, or even on the rock itself. The female 

 lays from two to four eggs, of a reddish-yellow colour, 

 mottled all over with pale reddish-brown. Migrates. 



The Hobby (Lark-Falk, or Lark-Falcon, Sw. ; Fako 

 Subbuteo, Linn.) was not very common about Ronnum, 

 less so than in the southern provinces of Sweden. In the 

 more northern parts of Scandinavia this bird is said not to 

 be found. Migrates. 



The Merlin (Sten-Falk, or Stone- Falcon, Sw. ; Falco 

 Aesalon, Gmel.) ; not uncommon with us in the summer ; 

 but breeds for the most part in the far north. According to 



