CONTENTS XV 



CHAPTER XL. 



GOLCHIKA. 



Golchika — Blowing Eggs — Drift-wood on the Swamp — The Little Stint — Rock 

 Ptarmigan — I secure a Passage to Yeneseisk — Fighting over the Ibis— Buffon's 

 Skuas — Shell-Mounds — The Captains come to Terms — Sandbanks at the 

 Mouth of the Golchika— Farewell to the Tundra . . . Pp. 405-413 



CHAPTER XLL 



MIGRATION. 



Climate of the Tundra— Break up of the Ice — Migration of Birds in the South or 

 France — Comparison between Island and Continental Migration — Routes of 

 Migration — Grouse — Conservatism of Birds — Mortality amongst Migrants — 

 Origin of Migration— Glacial Epochs— Emigration of Birds — Geographical 

 Distribution of Thrushes— Reports on the Migration of Birds . Pp. 414-428 



CHAPTER XLIL 



RETURN TO KUREIKA. 



Ornithological Spoils— My Three Companions— The Native Tribes— Birds on a 

 Little Island— Dolgan Names for Various Articles of Clothing— An Island 

 Rich in Birds— The Siberian Pipit— Temminck's Stint — An Arctic Accentor— 

 My Doubts cleared concerning the Thrush seen at Brekoffsky— " Die Wilden " 

 — Evil Influences — Need of a Hero in Siberia — The Two Curses of Russia- 

 Baptized Natives retaining their Charms and Idols— The Strange Hours we 

 kept — Marriage Ceremonies — Funeral Ceremonies -Diseases— Birds seen on 

 approaching Dudinka—Vershinsky— Golden Plover frequenting the Summit of 

 Larch-trees — Gulls— Mosquitoes — The Thames — An Impenetrable Island — 

 Kureika in its Summer Aspect Pp- 429-441 



CHAPTER XLIIL 



BY STEAMER TO YENESEISK. 



Silovanoff— Hospitality of the Inhabitants— Interior of one of the Houses— A 

 Model Village— The Sect of the Skoptsi— Their Exile — A Fish Dinner— Birds 

 near Silovanoff— Redstart— Lost in the Forest— The Steamer Aground- 

 Michael Susloff— A Tipsy Blagachina— Discussion about Siberia— Its Gold 

 Mines the Ruin of its Prosperity— A Dense Forest— Birds on the Banks— 

 Verkhni Ambatskia— Decrease of the Ostiaks— Their Boats and Canoes— Birds 

 on the Pasture Land— The Forest Trees of the Yenesei— Larch— Spruce Fir 

 —Siberian Spruce Fir- Scotch Fir— Cedar- Birch— Alder and Juniper- 

 Poplar- Picturesque Scenery— Two New Birds added to my List— The Kamin 

 Pass— The Ibex -Hot Weather— The Amount of Wood our Engines consumed 

 —Our Hostess' Hospitality— A Poor Bag— Vegetation in the Forest— The 

 Black Kite— The Taz—Yermak— Swallows .... Pp. 442-457 



