CONTENTS xv 



CHAPTER XL. 



GOLCHIKA. 



Golchika Blowing Eggs Drift-wood on the Swamp The Little Stint Rock 

 Ptarmigan I secure a Passage to Yeneseisk Fighting over the Ibis Buffon's 

 Skuas Shell-Mounds The Captains come to Terms Sandbanks at the 

 Mouth of the Golchika Farewell to the Tundra . . . Pp. 405-413 



CHAPTER XLI. 



MIGRATION. 



Climate of the Tundra Break up of the Ice Migration of Birds in the South 01 

 France Comparison between Island and Continental Migration Routes of 

 Migration Grouse Conservatism of Birds Mortality amongst Migrants 

 Origin of Migration Glacial Epochs Emigration of Birds Geographical 

 Distribution of Thrushes Reports on the Migration of Birds . Pp. 414-428 



CHAPTER XLII. 



RETURN TO KUREIKA. 



Ornithological Spoils My Three Companions The Native Tribes Birds on a 

 Little Island Dolgan Names for Various Articles of Clothing An Island 

 Rich in Birds The Siberian Pipit Temminck's Stint An Arctic Accentor 

 My Doubts cleared concerning the Thrush seen at Brekoffsky " Die Wilden " 

 Evil Influences Need of a Hero in Siberia The Two Curses of Russia 

 Baptized Natives retaining their Charms and Idols The Strange Hours we 

 kept Marriage Ceremonies Funeral Ceremonies Diseases Birds seen on 

 approaching Dudinka Vershinsky Golden Plover frequenting the Summit of 

 Larch-trees Gulls Mosquitoes The Thames An Impenetrable Island 

 Kureika in its Summer Aspect ....... Pp. 429-441 



CHAPTER XLIII. 



BY STEAMER TO YENESEISK. 



Silovanoff Hospitality of the Inhabitants Interior of one of the Houses A 

 Model Village The Sect of the Skoptsi Their Exile A Fish Dinner Birds 

 near Silovanoff Redstart Lost in the Forest The Steamer Aground 

 Michael Susloff A Tipsy Blagachina Discussion about Siberia Its Gold 

 Mines the Ruin of its Prosperity A Dense Forest Birds on the Banks 

 Verkhni Ambatskia Decrease of the Ostiaks Their Boats and Canoes Birds 

 on the Pasture Land The Forest Trees of the Yenesei Larch Spruce Fir 

 Siberian Spruce Fir Scotch Fir Cedar Birch Alder and Juniper 

 Poplar Picturesque Scenery Two New Birds added to my List The Kamin 

 Pass The Ibex- Hot Weather The Amount of Wood our Engines consumed 

 Our Hostess' Hospitality A Poor Bag Vegetation in the Forest The 

 Black Kite The Taz Yermak Swallows .... Pp. 442-457 



