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Mr. A. Newton on Mr. J. Wolley’s Discovery 
ever keeping out of gunshot except two, which came close round 
me, and both of which I shot. I then sat down and imitated, as 
well as I could, the call of the old birds. I was soon rewarded 
for my trouble by a young one coming out of a Blueberry bush 
close by and calling lustily. Heikel and I gave chase, and 
secured him. Granberg, who had heard my two shots, then 
coming up, we commenced a diligent search for the other three 
young ones, but had to give it up as hopeless, owing to the 
thickness of the under-scrub. I then climbed up again and 
took the nest away carefully, so as to preserve the shape, and to 
my great delight found one egg in it. We hunted for several 
hours in the higher part of the island for another nest; but, 
although we saw about nine old birds, we did not succeed in 
finding another nest. We did not shoot any more, hoping to 
find nests there at some future period. 
“ We returned to Uleaborg the same evening, When I skinned 
my birds. We ought to have made an equal division of the 
spoil, but neither Granberg nor Heikel would hear of any division; 
consequently I have still two old birds and two young ones, besides 
the nest and egg, in my possession. I regret to say I did not 
look to see what the young birds had been fed upon; but when I 
took the nest, I found one or two of last year’s dried cranberries 
in it. 
“ I arranged with Mr. Granberg for him to go to Sandon in 
1859 (for we had kept it secret in the town as to where we had 
found the nest) to see if he could find another nest; but he 
wrote to me that, the autumn after we had been there, the chief 
portion of the forest in Sandon had been consumed by fire, and 
that it was therefore useless to go there.” 
I myself had the pleasure of inspecting Mr. Dresser’s speci¬ 
mens in 1859 at Mr. Leadbeater’s, and I believe I am hardly 
divulging any confidence when I say they have formed the sub¬ 
ject of a beautiful picture, executed under Mr. Gould’s superin¬ 
tendence, which I trust will before long be rendered more acces¬ 
sible to the public. 
In 1859 the Waxwing bred, but in no great numbers, in the 
Muonioniska and Kittila districts. Though much sought for, not 
more than forty-six eggs were obtained by Mr. Wolley’s collectors. 
