W E are once again indebted to Mr. Swanberg for a series of plates, this time of the Shore-Lark (Eremophila alpestris). The pictures were all taken on a field near Svaipa in Swedish Lapland (Lat. 66° 10'N.) and show very well the bare stony nature of the nesting ground. Mr. Swanberg states that on the breeding grounds the species is " astonishingly watchful and cautious " and the nest is therefore...
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