Ханс Сконнинг. Первый орнитолог Пасвика : [сборник] / М-во природ. ресурсов и экологии Рос. Федерации, Федер. гос. бюджет. учреждение «Гос. природ. заповед. «Пасвик» ; [сост.: Макарова О. А. и др. ; пер.: Куринский А. С. и др.]. - Рязань : Голос губернии, 2014.

The main part of H. Schaanning’s book gives a detailed description of the author’s observations. Information on all of the 172 bird species divided into 28 families is presented by way of essays. The essays are arranged according to systematic arrangement of birds as adopted at the moment of manuscript development. The essays follow the same pattern and include information of the species distribution in East Finnmark, dates of encounters, egg laying periods, broods, nest locations, the species’ preferred biotype for nesting, as well as coloration peculiarities of mature and juvenile individuals, males and females, and size parameters. In some cases the information on the species was obtained not only by the author himself; in such cases Schaanning men tions the persons who provided him various data. Sometimes he argues with them, opposing with his own field data, and points out at uncertainties in the received information. The species description approach and the extent of thoroughness depend on both the species’ abundance and the amount of observations by the author. Schaanning pays considerable attention to some species, such as Arctic Warbler, Waxwing, Lapland Bunting, Bramble Finch, and Horned Lark. In disputable cases when difficulties in the species identification arise, the author gives comparative descriptions obtained here, in the research area. One of the examples is the essay about Coues's Redpoll where Schaanning presents a comparative table to show the difference between Coues's Redpoll and Common Redpoll. The author dedicated quite large essays to Great Grey Owl, Rough-Legged Hawk, Snowy Owl, and Hawk Owl. He gave detailed descriptions of these species’ food supply, nesting and egg laying. Apparently, the author did it on purpose because collecting information on these species was rather challeng ing, and he considered it important to provide as much detail as possible. Schaanning also wrote detailed essays about widespread species, for exam ple, Wood Grouse, Jack Snipe, Little Stint, Greenshank, Bar-Tailed Godwit, Bean Goose, and Pomarine Skua. Some of the essays are very attractive with a large amount of data on nest ing periods, nest locations, eggs number and size, and the birds’ behaviour. For example, describing Bar-Tailed Godwit the author notes tha t the nests are usually located in large peat swamps, and, as a rule, one couple nests in one swamp, but often close to Whimbrel. Normally, there are four eggs at a time, 1 78