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“flighted” through the forest-glades of their summer home, but 
I never identified the Jack Snipe, and indeed only once fell in 
with the Common Snipe. The abundance of the Common Sand- 
piper, Totanus hypoleucus, fully justified its trivial appellation, 
and I was entertained by a smart chase between one of these 
little waders and a Merlin, when the Sandpiper adroitly dived 
away from his pursuer. I was much interested in the Green- 
shank, 7’. glottis. Nearly every extensive bit of bog contained a 
pair of these birds, which on our approach raised their vehement 
protests, perching on hayracks, stumps of trees, and other pro- 
minent points; one anxious pair perched on the top of a tall 
spruce-fir. Whether they had begun to lay I do not know, though 
I searched long and fruitlessly for their nests. The Whimbrel, 
Numenius pheopus, preferred drier ground, and a clutch of fresh 
eggs of this bird was brought to me one morning from a neigh- 
bouring moss. 
The great lake was singularly destitute of sea-fowl (Laride). 
I never observed a Gull of any kind, though once a party of 
Arctic Terns paid us a short visit. Nor did I see the Red- 
throated Diver, Colymbus septentrionalis, but upwards of twenty 
pairs of the Black-throated Diver, C. arcticus, frequented this 
extensive lake. Linneus has recorded that the skin of this Diver 
was valued for its toughness, and used in the manufacture of caps 
(‘ Lachesis Lapponica,’ ii. p. 98). ‘The Swedish proprietors of the 
shooting we rented, including the lake, told us that they some- 
times shot one for this very purpose, but added that, generally 
speaking, they were protected by their extreme wariness. I secured 
two clutches of eggs, both deposited on small islands. 
In concluding these jottings, it is fair to say that they were 
made in the intervals of fishing only, and do not represent such 
results as might have been expected had our chief object been 
ornithology and the collection of specimens. At the same time, 
of course, the forest being preserved for us, we possessed 
advantages in freedom of action which would not fall to the lot 
of casual travellers. 

