STANAVIALACHTA. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



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

 Lapland bunting — Various birds — Richardson's skua — Various means of pro- 

 pelling 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. 



The next day we left Alexievka in the morning to spend 

 a few days exploring the tundra in the neighbourhood of 

 Stanavialachta, the old loading-place of the Petchora Timber- 

 trading Company, about forty versts down the river, where, 

 we learnt, there were several wooden houses that we could 

 occupy. We sailed about twenty versts down to the mouth 

 of a small tributary called the Yooshina. The tundra here 



