4i DAN MEINERTZHAGEN'S DIARY. 



The fine for killing a Rypa in Norway is 6 kr., 

 in Sweden 10 kr. 



We returned about twelve, and were very 

 thankful to get a cup of coffee and some bread 

 which we found prepared for us. This evening, 

 I am going out with a man who has seen some 

 Woodpeckers, and so intend to sleep from 

 now till six. 



April 2$th. I only managed to get four hours 

 sleep yesterday, as Isak kept walking about the 

 room and I could not get him out. After a meal 

 of pancakes and potatoes at 5.30, I started 

 out with a guide to the eastward of the town. 

 He showed me the nest of a Tengmalm's Owl, 

 which is apparently ready for eggs ; we also 

 saw two Goshawks and a" Hawk Owl. I found 

 a Jay's nest with three eggs and shot the old 

 bird as she came from the nest, and in the night I 

 shot a Rypa. I got back this morning about 

 one o'clock, thoroughly tired, after a walk of 

 about twenty miles at a break-neck pace through 

 slush, alternating on occasions with snow with 

 a nerve-shaking crust, and water two feet deep. 



April loth. There has been a good thaw the 

 last few days, and Redpoles are coming in fast, 

 and to-day I saw the first Fieldfare. First the 

 melting of the snow lays bare the seeds and 

 berries ; then come the seed-eaters then the 



