272 A SPEING AND SUMMEE IN LAPLAND. 



feathers of the willow grouse. The great shrike 

 was the only species I ever met with in Lapland. 



The cuckoo (Guculus canorus, Lin.; " gok," 

 Sw. ; "giekka," Lap.) was as common in the fell 

 valleys as in the lowlands ; and I have heard its 

 monotonous, but familiar and cheering call-note 

 throughout the whole summer nights at the foot 

 of the real snow fells, high over the limits of the 

 forests. 



The great black woodpecker (Picus martins, 

 Lin. ; " spill kroka," Sw.) was quite as common 

 up here as in the middle of Sweden. We took the 

 first nest on May 5, which is about two weeks 

 later than we find them in the Wermland forests. 

 As far as I can remark, five is the full number of 

 eggs, which vary much in size, sometimes being 

 very little larger than those of the green wood- 

 pecker (Picus viridis, Lin.), which bird I never 

 saw in Lapland. 



The three-toed woodpecker (Picus tridactylus, 

 Lin. ; " tschaitne," Lap. ; " tretaig hackspett," 

 Sw.) Of all the woodpeckers this is the com- 

 monest in Lapland, and goes up the fell sides as 

 far as the fir forests extend ; but, common as it 

 was, I was unable to obtain more than four nests 

 (three with eggs, and one with young). In two 

 instances the full number of eggs was three, and 

 I never saw more than four in one nest. This 



