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INDEX 



Marten, Beech, 282 (note) 

 Martin, Pallas's house-, 346, 385 

 Martes foina, -abietum, -sibirica, 582 



(note) ; -zibellina, -ainericana, 283 



(note) 

 Maydell, Baron, 127 (note) 

 Mealy redpoll, 19, 46 (note) 

 Mekitza, 20^, 2js 

 Merganser, Red-breasted, 145 

 Merlin, 70, 71 

 Menila fuscata, 337, 423; -atrigularis, 



451 



Meves, M., 93 



Mez6n, 22; arrive at, -25; birds at, 26; 

 leave, 27 ; its river scenery, 28 ; Samoy- 

 edes at, 49 



Mezenski Pizhma, 28 



MiddendorfF, 235 (note), 250; on crows, 

 272 ; on migratory routes, 427 



Migration, times for, 188; night, i8g ; 

 swallows, 190; scientific theory of, 191 ; 

 origin of, 192 ; cause of, 193 ; lines of, 

 195 ; Heligoland as resting-place, 196 ; 

 affected by weather, 199 ; period of, 

 200, 201 ; moulting during, 201 ; mor- 

 tality during, 201 ; hereditary impulse, 

 204; of geese, 226; dates of arrival, 

 241 ; summer migrants, 243 ; to 

 Kureika, 335, 340; great rush, 343, 

 357 ; dates of arrival of birds in valley 

 of Yenesei, 374; study of continental, 

 416 ; during glacial period, 419 ; of 

 grouse, 419; origin, 420; guided by 

 reason, 425 ; autumn rushes in England, 

 426 ; course of in Yenesei valley, 426 



Milvus atcr, 456 



Mongols, 431, 467 



Moscow, Arrive at, 257 ; leave, 258 ; 

 return, 485 ; leave, 486 



Mosquitoes, 106; plague of, 163; clouds 

 of, 164; veil, 776, 230, 377, 439, 441 



Moiacilla borealis, 84 ; M. citreoia, iii ; 

 M. melanope, 339 ; M. per sonata, 459 



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Nests (see also under Eggs), 149; swan's, 

 /J// duck's, 152; grey plovers, 176, 

 177 ; Little stint, ijS, 223 



Nikandrina, Arrive at, 432; birds at, 432, 



433 

 Nishni Novgorod, Arrive at, 258 

 NordenskiiJld, Prof., enters Kara Sea, 



249 ; success of, 253 ; his goods at 



Yeneseisk, 460, 461 

 Nutcracker, 349 

 Nuthatch, 301 



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Ob river, 248; navigation of, 252; fish- 

 ing station on, ^/j; village on, ^69 

 Officials, at Ust-Zylma, 43; at Turu- 



kansk, 288-291 

 Omsk, 266 ; Kirghis arms at, 268 ; 

 museum, 268 



Ostiaks, of the Ob, 2ji ; cradle, 2gi ; 

 interior of choom, 2g2 ; exterior, 311 ; 

 wooden pipe, 2g8 ; of the Yenesei, 299; 

 baby and cradle, 300; their reindeer 

 and snow-spectacles, dress, and habits, 

 305, 306; hairdressing, 306; head- 

 coverings, 307; geographical distribu- 

 tion, 310; eating of raw flesh of birds, 

 312; physical characteristics, 313; cos- 

 tume, 3ig; anchor, 334: funeral, 338; 

 pipe, 338; drill, 340; friendly nature, 

 347 ; arrow-heads, 348; boats, 414; 

 choom on the Ob, 4'jg 



Otocorys alpestris, 75 



Outfit, for Siberia, 6 



Ouzel, Dark, 372; dusky, 395; black- 

 throated, 451 



Owl, Eagle, 71; snowy, 75, 222; short- 

 eared, 123; Tengmalm's, 123 



Oyster-catcher, 96, 124 



Palander, Capt., 253 



Pallas, on Siberian ornithology, 498 



Palmen, on migratory routes, 427 



Parasites on reindeer, 50 



Par us cinctus, 113; P. borealis, P. camt- 



chatkensis, P. jap07iicus, P. obtectus, 



P. palustris, 500, 501 

 Pavoskas, 22, 52 



Peacock, Dr. , treats for scurvy, 466 

 Pelzam, Dr., visits Petchora,5; at Kazan, 



485 

 Peregrine falcon , 78, 86, 146, 147, 162 



Perisoreus infaiistus, 33 



Perm, Arrival at, 479 



Petchora, 5; visited by Schrenck, Key- 

 serling, von Knisenstern, Dr. Pelzam, 

 5 ; Henke, Hoffniansegg, 6 ; first sight 



