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It lays from 5 to 8 eggs, and builds its nest partly of down.
From each nest, about 1 ounce of eider-down when cleaned is
obtained, and a certain number of eggs are also taken from the
nests.

There is no exact estimate to be had of the quantity of eggs
and down collected in the country; but probably the entire
production of sea-birds’ eggs throughout the country amounts to about
half a million in number, and of eider-down to about 3000 lb.

The number of beasts of prey killed in 1896 and 1897 was
as follows:

	1896	1897
Bear. . .	44	39
Wolf	90	112
Lynx . . . ...	30	53
Glutton. . . . .	64	48
Fox .... . . .	13,605	13,642
Eagle . . . . . .	770	678
Hawk . . .	3,999	3,295

Some earlier figures are here given for the sake of comparison.
Between the years 1846 and 1860, the annual average number of
beasts of prey was as follows:

Bear...........	231
Wolf..........	222
Lynx..........	120
Glutton..........	53
Birds of prey................	4269

No reward was offered during these years for foxes.

The number of bears has been steadily decreasing with the
more general use of better guns.

In the northern districts, the wolf is found generally where
there are tame reindeer; but for a number of years it seems to
have disappeared from large tracts of the country, as if some
disease had attacked it. Latterly it has again seemed to be
increasing in number.

The lynx and the glutton are widely distributed, without
occurring anywhere in very great numbers.

As the figures show, the fox is without comparison the most
common beast of prey, and it is hunted partly for its skin, partly

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