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SHOVELLER. 



INDEX. 



VILLAGES. 



Shoveller duck, 106. 

 Siberian chiff-chaff, 116. 



jay, 36. 



Skua, Buffon's, 172, 177, 201. 



, Richardson's, 188. 



, search for nest of, 204. 



Skylark, 117, 258. 



Sledging from Vologda to Archangel, 10. 



Smew, 150. 



, eggs of, 157. 



Snipe, common, 147. 



, great, 146, 169. 



in trees, 157. 



Snow, 60. 



plains, 26. 



shoes, 48. 



Snow-bunting, 37, 50. 



Snowy owl, 19, 91, 280. 



Song, a new, 131. 



Sparrow, common, 14, 20, 27, 104. 



, tree, 14, 20, 27, 104. 



Sparrow-hawk, 129. 

 Stanavialachta, tundra near, 189. 



, visit to, 208. 



Steamer, ceremony of blessing the, 133. 



, return of the, 284. 



Stint, little, 2, 232, 239, 267, 281. 



, eggs of the, 272. 



, Temminck's, 122, 130. 



Stonechat, Siberian, 117. 

 St. Petersburg, frozen market at, 8. 

 Summer, preparations for, 87. 

 Sunset and sunrise, 270. 

 Superstitions, Russian, 286. 

 Swallow, barn, 122. 

 Swamps, willow, 164. 

 Swan, Bewick's, 2, 195, 214. 

 , skin of, 213. 



T. 



Tarns in the woods, 138. 

 Teal, 101. 



Tenure of laud, 86. 



Terek sandpiper, 148. 

 Tern, Arctic, 163. 

 Thunder-storm, 290. 

 Timber rafts, 175. 

 Time, confusion of, 279. 

 Titmouse, Lapp, 144. 



, marsh, 14, 21, 61. 



Toads, 129. 



Traffic, 13. 



Trees, snipe in, 157. 



Triad, the, 264, 288. 



Trip, results of the, 294. 



Tundra, 55, 170, 267, 276. 



, birds seen on the, 180, 183. 



, march of geese on, 282. 



, midnight on, 210. 



, near Stanavialachta, 189. 



the Yooshina river, 186. 



, sailing for the, 177. 



, vegetation of the, 179. 



U. 



Umskia, 36, 58. 



Unknown breeding-grounds, 1. 



Ust-Zylma, 38. 



, churches of, 43. 



, farms of, 43. 



, fire at, 85. 



, houses of, 41. 



, last days at, 155. 



, manure of, 42. 



■ ■ — ■ — , population of, 43. 



■ , return to, 152. 



— , streets of, 40, 43. 

 — , Sunday at, 84. 



Velvet scoter, nest of the, 211. 

 Verakin, M., 9. 

 Via diabolica, the, 32. 

 Villages, 34. 



