X CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XVI. 



STANAVIALACHTA. 



The Tundra near the Yushina River — Golden Plover's Eggs — Abundance of 

 Nests — Lapland Bunting — Richardson's Skua — Means of Propelling our Boat — 

 The Tundra near Stanavialachta — Eyrie of a Peregrine Falcon — More Nests — 

 Abundance of Willow-grouse — Nest of the Willow-grouse — Visit to two 

 Islands in the Delta ......... Pp. 143-14S 



CHAPTER XVII. 



AFTER GREY PLOVERS AT WASILKOVA. 



Examination of our Nests — Excursion to Wasilkova — Search for Breeding Haunts 

 of Bewick's Swan — News from England — Grey Plover's Eggs — Flock of 

 Buffon's Skuas — Black Scoter's Nest — Watching for Skuas' Nests — Another 

 Nest of Grey Plover — Scaup's Eggs — The Zyriani . . Pp. 149-160 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



STANAVIALACHTA REVISITED. 



Second Visit to Stanavialachta — Peregrine Falcons — Plague of Mosquitoes — Mid- 

 night on the Tundra — Nest of the Velvet Scoter — Little Feodor sent in Quest 

 of the Swan's Skin — A Russian Bath — Feodor's Return — Identification of Eggs 

 of Bewick's Swan — Mosquito Veils — Our Eighth Nest of Grey Plovers — Our 

 Servants — Our Ninth Nest of Grey Plovers — The Tenth and Eleventh Nests 



Pp. 161-177 



CHAPTER XIX. 



THE GOLIEVSKI ISLANDS. 



Trip to the Golievski Islands — Shoal of White Whales — Glaucous Gull — Dunlins 

 and Sanderlings — Black Scoter — Dvoinik — Little Stint — Curlew Sandpiper — 

 Snow Bunting — Overhauling our Plunder — The Company's Manager — ■ 

 Discussions concerning the Stints — Probable Lines of Migration followed b}^ 

 Birds Pp. 17S-1S8 



CHAPTER XX. 



THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. 



Hybernation of Birds — Migration of Birds — Reed-warblers — Origin of Migration 

 — Transvaal Warblers — The Mammoth Age — Insect Life — Lines of Migration 

 — Heligoland and its Ornithologists — Variety of Birds — Wind and Weather — 

 The Throstle-bushes — ^ Migration by Sight — Order of Migration — Stray 

 Migrants — The Yellow-browed Warbler — Migration on Heligoland — Skylarks 

 — Migratory Instincts — Other Facts of Migration . . Pp. 189-206 



