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GREY PLOVER. 



SIBEEIA IN EUEOPE. 



CHAPTER I. 



John Wolley — Unknown breeding-grounds — Birds of Archangel and Lapland — 

 Voyages to the Petchora in the seventeenth century — Schrenck's visit in 1837 

 — Castren's visit in 184-2 — Keyserling's visit in 1843 — Pelzam's visit in 

 1874: — Hoffmansegg's visit about 1850 — Outfit — Letters of introduction. 



The history of British birds has been enthusiastically studied 

 by ornithologists during the last half-century. In spring 

 and autumn several species of birds annually visit our shores 

 in considerable numbers, passing us in their migrations to 

 and from unknown breeding-grounds. These migrations, 

 and the geographical distribution of birds, have of late years 



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