370 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Yellow Bunting, E mberiza'citrinella. Very common. 



Reed Bunting, E. schceniclus. Common near the river. 



Sky Lark, Alauda arvensis. Only seen once. 



Siberian Jay, Perisoreus infaustus. We met with this bird 

 in parties of two or three on two or three occasions during our 

 walk through the forest. They picked up worms from the ground 

 close to us. 



Magpie, Pica rustica. Very common. 



Hooded Crow, Corvus comix. Very common. 



Raven, C. corax. Seen on one day only. 



Swift, Cypselus apus. A party of three flew over Rovaniemi 

 on August 13th. 



Great Black Woodpecker, Picus martins. Quite abundant ; 

 we saw several and heard others. It is a very noisy bird, and 

 makes some most curious sounds. The forests of this part of 

 the country must be a paradise for Woodpeckers, as the dead 

 trees harbour numerous insects ; but we only saw two species. 



Great Spotted Woodpecker, Picus major. Abundant. 



Owls. We saw Owls flying on three occasions, but could not 

 determine their species. Many are to be seen nailed to doors of 

 houses, often too much spoiled for identification. We saw 

 Syrnium aluco, S. lapponicum, and Nyctala tengmalmi treated in 

 this way. 



Rough-legged Buzzard, Archibuteo lagopus. Very abundant. 



Golden Eagle, Aquila chrysaetus. One came close to us near 

 Rovaniemi pursued by two Rough-legged Buzzards. 



Sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus. Fairly numerous. 



Merlin, Falco cesalon. One seen. 



Kestrel, F. tinnunculus. Common. 



Osprey, Pandion haliaetus. Quite abundant; we sat one day 

 on a rock among some rapids while a pair of Ospreys were 

 catching Grayling quite near to us. They carried the fish they 

 caught far away over the forest, probably to feed young. 



Grey-lag Goose, Anser cinereus. On a small lake in the 

 forest were thirteen Geese which seemed to be of this species, as 

 far as we could see. 



Wild Duck, Anas boscas ; Teal, A. crecca. Common. 



Pintail, A. acuta. Several at Rovaniemi. 



Goldeneye, Fuligula clangula. Very numerous. 



Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus serrator. Abundant, 



