CONTENTS xiii 



CHAPTER XXX. 



WAITING FOR SPRING. 



Scarcity of Birds Arrival of Ostiaks Snow-spectacles Ostiak Dress Poverty 

 of the Ostiaks Schwanenberg goes in search of Graphite Ostiak Ideas con- 

 cerning the Covering of the Hair Hazel-grouse Difference of Tungusk and 

 Ostiak Hair-dressing The Weather Superstition about shooting Crows A 

 Token of coming Spring Scarcity of Glass Double Windows Geographical 

 Distribution of the Samoyedes Of the Yuraks Of the Ostiaks Of the Dolgans 

 Of the Yakuts Of the Tungusks Pp. 304-310 



CHAPTER XXXI. 



THE CHANGING SEASONS. 



Erection of an Ostiak Choom Ornithological Results of the Week -An Ostiak 

 Feast Comparisons of Ostiaks and Tungusks Snowy Owl Our First Rain 

 in the Arctic Circle Further Signs of approaching Summer Northern 

 Marsh-tit Ornithological Results of the Third Week White-tailed Eagle- 

 Snowstorm A solitary Barn Swallow A Wintry Day A Fox The River 

 Rises Five Roubles for an Eagle What became of the Roubles -Visit from 

 our Ostiak Neighbour A Baby Fox Our Two Babies A Crow's Nest The 

 Blue-rumped Warbler Pp. 311-320 



CHAPTER XXXII. 



THE BREAK-UP OF THE ICE. 



Weary Waiting for Summer Ravens More Ostiak Neighbours The Ship 

 breaks her Bands of Ice A Hen-harrier Appearance of the Rising River- 

 Premature Migration of Geese My Week's Work Old Story of Thaw in the 

 Sun and Frost in the Shade Last Day of May Revolutions in the Ice A 

 Range of Ice Mountains Signs of Summer Arrival of the Common Gull and 



of the White Wagtail Ice Breaking up An Unprepared-for Contingency 



Dangerous Position Driving along with the Ice Loss of the Ship's Rudder 



Preparations to Abandon the Ship Babel of Birds We Desert the Ship 



On Board Again The Thames steered into the Creek Enormous Pressure of the 

 Ice The Battle of the Yenesei "Calving " of Icebergs The Final March Past 



Pp. 321-334 

 CHAPTER XXXIII. 



THE MARCH-PAST OF THE MIGRANTS. 



Arrival of Migratory Birds Wagtails The Thames Afloat once more More 

 Birds Arrive An Ostiak Funeral Birds Arrive Fast The Tungusk Ice 

 Coming Down New Birds Pintail Snipe Mosquitoes on the Wing 



P P- 335-342 

 CHAPTER XXXIV. 



A BUSY WEEK ON THE KUREIKA. 



Four Species added to my List Dotterel Rapid Rise of the River Open Water 



Arrival of the Great Snipe Pallas's Sand-martin Common Sandpiper 



Characteristics of the Native Tribes Ship Repairs Pine Bunting Ice lost 

 in the Forest Glinski's Industry Ruby-throated Warbler Waxwings Nut- 

 crackers Death of a Tungusk Funeral Rites Diseases of the Natives 

 Their Improvidence Uselessness of the Priests . . . Pp. 343-352 



