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ys often snare them from the tree, with a hair 

 noose, on a long pole. It is an excellent cage bird, 

 but must not be kept too warm, or it will soon die. 



The Turtle Dove. Strange to say, a pair 

 of turtle doves (Columba turf HI; Ray; " turtur 

 dufa," Sw.) were shot at Quickiock a few 

 years since, on the ground right in front of 

 the priest's house. We never, however, saw 

 a wild pigeon of any kind in Lapland, nor do 

 I believe, except as an extraordinary instance, 

 that any of the family come up so far north. 



The capercailzie (Tetrao urogalhm, L.) \ 

 very common in these forests. The largest 

 male which I shot up here weighed lllb., and 

 this is about the common size of a large 

 male in Wermland ; so, contrary to the usual 

 opinion here, I do not think the capercailzie 

 in Lapland are so much smaller than those in 

 Wcrmland. 



The hazel grouse (Tet. bonasia, Lin.; "hjerpe," 

 Sw.) was also very common round Quickiock, and 

 I observed that in those which we shot here the 

 plumage was lighter and prettier than in the 

 Wermland hazel grouse. I may add that in these 

 forests, which are thin and scrubby, the sport is 

 much better than in the dense Wermland forests, 

 and a man can now and then get a flying shot. 



The ptarmigan (Lagopus alpina, Nilss. ; " fall 





