346 A SPRING AND SUMMER IN LAPLAND. 



perch, I never saw the ptarmigan settle in a 

 tree. 



In the winter the willow grouse pack, after the 

 manner of the ptarmigan, and they say that then 

 such flocks will sometimes settle in the birch-trees 

 as quite to whiten them. 



We now come to the Waders, and I may here 

 remark that, I was greatly disappointed in the 

 country around Quickiock, for I never saw fewer 

 waders in any part of Sweden than here, and all 

 the rarest seemed to go right up on to the high 

 fell meadows to breed. The large valley of the 

 Tornea and Munio rivers is without doubt a better 

 district for waders than this. 



The ring plover (Gharadrius hiaiicula, Lin.; 

 "storre strandpipare," Sw. ; "bovidat," Lap.) 

 was not uncommon on the sides of the river just 

 when the ice went; but in the breeding season 

 they appeared to draw up on to the fells, and I 

 have seen them high up on the very edges of the 

 snow. 



I never saw the little ring plover (Oh. minor, 

 Mey.) here, nor do I believe that it breeds further 

 north in Sweden than Wermland ; but I often 

 obtain the nest on the shores of Lake Wenern. 



The dotterel (Oh. qnorinellus, Lin.; " fell 

 pipare," Sw.; " lafol," Lap.).— This is peculiarly 

 a fell bird, and next to the golden plover (Oh. 



