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sustenance. The true summer sets in late in 

 June, but the principal part of the song birds lay 

 their eggs in the middle of that month, the shore 

 lark and the fieldfare in the beginning. The 

 summer heats at Yardol is often 24 R. in the 

 shade, but from ten to five a fresh sea breeze 

 generally blows. The cold autumn weather gene- 

 rally begins about the end of August, although 

 the night frosts often set in between the 4th and 

 11 th of that month. 



In mild summers, with an early spring, the 

 Siberian jay, the shore lark, and the mealy redpole 

 lay at two different times, the first time in the 

 end of May, the second in July. It is hard to 

 say whether it is the same individual bird that 

 lays twice, but it is not improbable, from the long 

 period that elapses between the two layings. 



East Finmark owns a tolerably rich orni- 

 thological fauna, for in Sommerfeet's list he 

 mentions 138 species, viz. : 



Accipitres ....... 14 



Passeres ....... 44 



Gallinee * 3 



Grallse 26 



Anseres ....... 51 



It will not be uninteresting to compare this 

 with my list of the birds of Quickiock, about 

 4 more to the south. 



