862 A SPRING AND SUMMER IN LAPLAND. 



could never hear that any geese bred here besides 

 this and the bean goose. Although I never took 

 the nest myself, it was certain they bred on the 

 fells, for any night when we were camping out, 

 we could hear the cry of this goose, which much 

 resembles its Lap name "kasak, kasak," appa- 

 rently from the highest snow-capped fells ; from 

 whence I infer they breed high up on the fells, as 

 we never saw them in the fell meadows. The egg, 

 which I obtained through the kindness of Mr. 

 Alfred Newton, from the Munioniska district, is 

 more ivory white than that of the brent goose (A. 

 bemicla, 111.), which I have received both from 

 Greenland and Spitzbergen, being about 2$ in. by 

 If in. 



The grey goose (A. cinereus, Mey.) does not 

 appear to breed here ; and I believe both the 

 brent goose and the bernicle (A. leucopsis, Bechst.) 

 pass over Scandinavia to breed either in Spitz- 

 bergen or East Finland; at least I could not 

 hear of any black-beaked goose having been yet 

 detected breeding in Lapland. 



The common wild duck (Anas boschas, Lin. ; 

 "gras and/' Sw. ; "dorsa," Lap.) is one of the 

 rarest in the district, and I don't believe I ever 

 saw more than three pair here. They call it here 

 the "is and," or ice-duck, because they usually 

 make their appearance early, before the ice has 



