CONTENTS. xi 



CHAPTEE X. 



Gulls — Species new to Europe — Fresh arrivals — Duck-shooting — Bird-life 

 in the forest — Gulls perching in trees — Break-up of the ice on the 

 Zylma — On the wrong bank of the river — Dragging the boats across 

 the ice — Final break-up of the ice on the Petchora .. Page 98 



CHAPTEE XL 



Religious processions — Costumes of the peasants — A Russian holiday — 

 Drunkenness — Prejudices of the Old Believers — Field-work — House- 

 building — New birds — The Siberian chiff-chaff — Prices of provisions — 

 Arrival of waders.. .. .. .. .. .. •• 113 



CHAPTEE XII. 



Samoyede names — The Swedish mocking-bird — Toads — Birds resting on 

 migration — Sparrow-hawk — The Petchora free from ice — A new song 

 — Ceremony of blessing the steamer- — Rambles in the woods — Arrival 

 of the mosquitoes.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 124 



CHAPTEE XIII. 



Trip to Habariki — Forest scenery ■ — Tarns in the woods — Changeable 

 weather — New birds identified in the forest — Golden eagle — Osprey — 

 The hobby — The cuckoo — Yellow-headed wagtail — Bohemian waxwing 

 — Great snipe — Terek sandpiper— Goosander — Smew — Black-throated 

 diver .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 136 



CHAPTEE XIV. 



Return to Ust-Zylma — Wedding of the engineer's son — Scarlet bullfinch — 

 Last days at Ust-Zylma — Our boat — We sail to Habariki — Birds' eggs 

 — Smew's eggs — Snipes in trees — Down the Petchora — Sedge warbler 

 — Black-cock — Arctic tern — -Willow swarnps — We cross the Arctic 

 Cirele — A new bird— Arrival at Viski — The delta — Double snipe — 

 Pnstazursk — -The tundra — Arrival at Alexievka .. .. 152 



