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east of Finland, had not been nearly so much worked as 

 the Archangel tract. 



Further inducements were afforded in that our friend 

 Mr. H. E. Dresser's introductions to people in Archangel 

 and elsewhere would be most valuable to us, and secure 

 us every possible attention and assistance ; * also that 

 the people all speak German and many of them English,! 

 and that the trip would certainly not cost more than, if 

 as much as, Finland. We found that £100 was quite 

 ample for the trip we took. 



In respect of the ornithological possibilities, taking 

 Lilljeborg's paper in ' Naumannia,' for 1852, p. 87, which 

 included observations made at Archangel, Cholmogory, 

 Wagnuskaya, Ladejnopole, Weitegra, Kargopol, Nowaja 

 Ladoga, and Skuretskaya (coast of Kussian Lapland), 

 and omitting not only species of general occurrence, but 

 also (as not pertaining to the area we proposed for our 

 own investigation) all those which he found at Skuret- 

 skaya only, we noted the following birds as being of 

 special interest to us : — 



Icterine Warbler {Hypolais icterina). 



Chiffchaff {Phylloscopus colly bita). 



Blyth's Keed Warbler {Acrocephalus dumetorum). 



Northern Marsh Tit (Parus salicarius). 



Golden Oriole {Oriolus galhula). 



Twite {Linotafiavirostris). 



Mealy Kedpoll {Linota linaria). 



Brambling {Frijigilla montifringilla). 



Scarlet Finch {Carpodacus erythrinus). 



■■'• Any one carrying introductions and visiting Archangel is treated 

 like a prince ; we never experienced more kindness anywhere. 



f All the upper classes speak German, and many of them also 

 speak English ; but only ' harbour-English ' is spoken by stevedores 

 and workmen in the harbour. 



