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christened the Petchora pipit and the Siberian chiff-chaff', 

 were by no means uncommon, but we failed to find either 

 of their nests. Amongst the nests, however, which our 

 excellent coadjutants the Zyriani brought us was one which 

 we at once concluded could belong only to the Petchora 

 pipit. It contained five perfectly fresh eggs, larger than 

 those of the red-throated pipit, and similar in colour to those 

 of the meadow pipit. The nest was somewhat larger than 

 that of the red-throated pipit, composed of more aquatic- 

 looking flat-leaved grass, and contained fragments of Eguiseta 

 in the lining. Our collection of eggs increased rapidly. We 

 had now 145 sittings, numbering 681 eggs. 



OLD RUSSIAN SILVER CROSS. 



