xii CONTEXTS. 



CHAPTEE XV. 



Alexievka— The timber rafts— The island— Nest and eggs— Buffon's skua 

 — Sailing for the tundra — Description of the tundra — Its vegetation — 

 Nests of Lapland bunting and red-throated pipit — First sight of the 

 grey plover — Its nest — Watching by the nest — Shot at last — Omelette 

 of grey plover's eggs — Birds seen on the tundra — Eggs collected during 

 the day — Blowing eggs — Nest of the Petchora pipit .. Page 174 



CHAPTEE XVI. 



The tundra near the Yooshina river — Golden plover's eggs — Various nests 

 — Lapland bunting — Various birds — Richardson's skua — Various 

 means of propelliug our boat — -The tundra near Stanavialachta — Eyrie 

 of a peregrine falcon — Various nests — Abundance of willow grouse — 

 Nest of the willow grouse — Visit to two islands in the delta . . 186 



CHAPTEE XVII. 



Examination of nests — Excursion to AVasilkova — 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 plovers — Scaup's eggs — The Zyiiani .. li.M 



CHAPTEE XVIII. 



Second visit to Stanavialachta — Peregrine falcons — Plague of mosquitoes 

 — Midnight on the tundra — Nest of the velvet scoter — Little Feodor sent 

 in quest of the swan's skin — A Russian bath — Feodor's return — Identi- 

 fication of eggs of Bewick's swan — Mosquito veils — Our eighth nest of 

 grey plovers — Our servants — Our ninth nest of grey plovers — Tin- 

 tenth UeM .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 208 



CHAPTEE XIX. 



Trip to the Golievski Islands— Shoal of white whales — Glaucous gulls- — 

 Dunlins and Banderiings — Black scoter — Dvoinik — Little stiut — Curlew 

 sandpiper — Snow-bunting — Overhauling our plunder — The Company's 

 manager — Discussions concerning the stints — Probable line of migra- 

 tion followed by birds .. .. .. .. .. .. L'liu' 



