CHAPTER IX. 



ON THE OBNITHOLOGY OF LAPLAND. 



THE birds of Lapland now come under considera- 

 tion ; and I will proceed to give a short account 

 of all we met with in the Quickiock district. I 

 shall make a few remarks on their breeding habits, 

 and describe as well as I am able the nest and 

 eggs of some of the rarest, believing that will be 

 as interesting to the collector at home as to any 

 naturalist who 'may at a future day visit this re- 

 mote district. Many of my observations will be 

 found to differ a good deal from the accounts which 

 we read of the breeding habits, number of eggs, 

 etc., of some of the birds. I will, therefore, only 

 remark, that everything which I state as a fact came 

 under my own observation; and, without saying 

 that another man is wrong, I can safely say that 

 I am right as far as my own observations went. 



Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos, Cuv. ; " kungs 

 orn," Sw.). The white-tailed eagle (Haliaetus 

 albicilla, Sav. ; " hafs orn," Sw.). Both the golden 

 and white-tailed eagles bred in the neighbourhood. 

 The Laps call both the eagles " goastern," but we 



