THE ZOOLOGIST. 



THIRD SERIES. 



Vol. XVI.] MARCH, 1892. [No. J 83. 



A NATURALIST'S RAMBLE IN SWEDISH LAPLAND. 

 By Sutton A. Davies. 



Starting from Mo, on the Ranen Fjord, a little town some 

 forty miles south of Bodo, in Norway, lat. 66°, on Aug. 14th, 1891, 

 we crossed the mountains by an easy pass, and found ourselves 

 that same evening at the upper end of one of the great Swedish 

 chains of lakes. Next morning, Aug. 15th, we started early, and 

 rowed down this lake, the Ovre Vmand, and at about 8.30 a.m. we 

 were in Swedish waters, the boundary between the two countries 

 being denned by a clearing in the birch -clad slopes that skirted 

 the lake. In places the water was dotted with countless islands, 

 between which there was a considerable current, the Vmea Elv 

 being a river of fair size. Here we observed a good many 

 Redshanks, Totanus calidris, a few Greenshanks, T. glottis, some 

 Sandpipers, T. hypoleucus, and Divers (Colymbus sp.), which we 

 saw both flying overhead and paddling about in little parties 

 amongst the islands. A long row brought us at midday to a house, 

 whence we were to cross over country to another chain of lakes. 

 Here we saw a smoke-begrimed stuffed Tern hanging suspended 

 from the ceiling. On our way across the mountains we observed 

 a few broods of " Ryper," or Willow Grouse, Wheatears, and one 

 or two dead Lemmings, although no traces of live ones. 



After a night's rest, somewhat disturbed by mosquitoes, in a 

 Lapp "hjorte," or conical hut, made of birch-bark and boughs, 

 we found ourselves, on Aug. 16th, on the shores of a large birch - 

 fringed lake. The Lapps were away fishing in the only boat, 



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