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and carefully identified several nests ; eggs of which Mr. Hewitson 
intends to figure for the first time. 
Lot 50. One, Yadso,” N. 
„ 51. One, same nest. 
„ 52. One, same. 
„ 53. One, same. 
„ 54. One, Vadso, from another nest. 
„ 55. One same. 
„ 56. One, Yadso, from a third nest. 
Brambling. Fringilla montifringilla. This bird does not entirely 
replace the Chaffinch even in most parts of Lapland ; hence there is 
considerable care required in identifying the eggs. But on the lower 
part of the Tana Eiver in East Einmark, it seems that the Chaffinch 
is quite absent. The following eggs of the Brambling are all from 
that district : 
Lot 57. One, Tana Eiver, N. 
,, 58. One, from another nest. 
,, 59. Two, from a third nest, one of them has a large hole. 
„ 60. One, from a fourth nest. 
„ 61. Two, from the same, have largish holes. 
Mealy Eedpole. Fringilla borealis. It is, doubtless, birds from 
Scandinavia, and not from the American side of the Atlantic, which 
occasionally flock to this country when the weather is severe in the 
north. Some of them usually remain in Lapland the whole year. 
Lapland skins appear on comparison smaller than those sent from 
Greenland ; but the question, whether or not the birds are distinct^in 
species, is still agitated. Mr. Wolley can recogmise one species only 
in Lapland. It was unusually abundant last summer. Having been 
unable to procure the egg of the European bird in time to be flgured 
in its proper order, Mi\ Hewitson will now be able to give it before 
the completion of the present edition of his Illustrations. 
Lot 62. Two, Kongas-jervi, F. 
„ 63. Two, from same nest. 
„ 64. Three, Nuimakka. 
„ 65. Two, near Muonioniska, F. 
Pine Grosbeak. Pyrrhula enucleator. It was not till last season 
that Mr. Wolley’s efforts to obtain this long-wished-for egg were 
crowned with success. He got five specimens of it from two nests, 
on one of which the hen was snared. It is Mr. Hewitson’s intention 
to fignre them, with a notice of the nesting habits of the bird. It 
breeds very scantily in Lapland. 
