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Black-throated Diver. Frequently seen and heard, 

 and I fired ineffectually at one passing overhead. 



L arus cachinnans . * 



Common Gull. Both seen on one or two occasions. 



We did not see any of the following, which we natu- 

 rally expected to find : Eaven, Bullfinch, Yellowhammer, 

 and no Pipits or Larks. 



In these three days at Habarika we saw the above 

 forty-nine species, eleven of which are new to our list ; 

 whereas at Ust Zylma, between the 15th of April and the 

 2nd of June, we only identified altogether seventy-one 

 species. 



I forgot to mention that we saw two Swans besides the 

 identified skin. Doubtless they were also Bewick's ; but 

 if so, they are late of departing northward. 



The following birds also were seen at Habarika : Bed- 

 poll, Hooded Crow, Magpie, Blue-headed Wagtail, White 

 Wagtail. There is little to say about them besides what 

 has been already noted. They were all common. 



We returned to Ust Zylma on Saturday night, the 5th 

 of June, reaching it on Sunday morning. 



June 6. 



On Sunday, the 6th of June, the engineer's son was 

 married, and we had to be present at the festivities (save 

 the word ! ) . The marriage took place in the Church of 

 the Old Believers ; but as the bridegroom belonged to 

 the Orthodox Church, the ceremony and service were so 

 conducted, though performed by the Old Believers' 

 priest. 



At Arendt's house afterwards the invited guests 

 assembled, and wine and champagne and coffee circulated 

 freely, while outside on the grass the whole village people 

 appeared to assemble. 



* See Appendix Lams ajfinis, Keinh. 



