INDEX 



Tomsk, 268 ; birds at, 269 ; arrive, 468 ; 

 leave, 469 ; birds of prey near, 472 



Totanus fuscus, 114 



Trapoznikoff, M., 258 



Triad, schooner, 209, 230 ; grounds in 

 the Petchora, 231 ; in a squall, 231 



Trlnga minnta, 235 (note) 



Tundra at Timanski, 49 ; at Dvoinik, 

 212-215 ; at Bolvanski, 219 ; flora, 229, 

 393 ; birds on, 394, 396 ; shell mounds 

 on, 405, 410 ; fauna, flora, and climate, 

 414 seq. ; migratory birds, 416 



Tungusks, Geographical distribution of, 

 310 ; bad qualities, 347 ; method of 

 dressing hair, 307; iron pipe, 298; 

 pipe and belt, 303 ; pipe, 373 



Tura river, 470 



Turdus obscurus, 340, 423 



Turkish misrule, 491; hospitality, 491, 492 



Turukansk (ancient Novaya Mangaze), 

 monastery at, 284 ; scarcity of birds, 

 288 ; leave, 288 ; ruined by official 

 peculation, 291 



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ULEMAN goes to Yeneseisk, 430; his 

 information on the natives, 431, 435 ; 

 and their marriage customs, 437 



Umskia, birds at, 33 ; trip to, 51 



Ural Mountains, 35 ; robberies by escaped 

 prisoners, 476 



Ussa, its junction with Petch^ra, 35 ; a 

 path for migrants, 242 



Ust-Zylma, 21 ; bad roads to, 22 ; summer 

 route, 22 ; Samoyede chooms at, 33 ; 

 streets and houses, 37 ; condition of 

 people, 38 ; Samoyedes at, 39 ; super- 

 stitions, churches, and books, 40, 41 ; 

 trade, 49 ; scarcity of birds, 51 ; Easter 

 at, 53 ; thaw, 68 ; fire at, 72 ; wedding, 

 72, 118 ; tenure of land, 73 ; commune, 

 73 ; impressive scene, 88, 89 ; religious 

 procession on St. Michael's Day, 91 ; 

 high wae;es, 92; return to, 117; leave, 

 119; ploughing at, 132; out of line of 

 migration, 241 ; headquarters at, 242 



VARANDAI, 187 

 Verakin, M., 9 



Verknaya Anbatskia, rendezvous of 

 Ostiaks, 450 



Vershinsky, Arrive at, 438 

 Viski, 127 



Voguls of the Urals, 299 

 Volga, 187 ; sledge down, 259 

 Volgoda, 9 



Vulpes lagopus, 282 (note) ; V, vulgaris^ 

 283 (note) 



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WAGTAILS, White, 77, 80 ; flocks of, 84 ; 

 Arctic yellow-, 84; green-, 93, 337; 

 Arctic-, 338 ; grey-, 339 



Warblers, 93 ; song of Siberian chiffchaff, 

 94 ; of blue-throat, 100 ; of sedge- 

 warbler, 126 ; Transvaal, 192, 193 ; 

 blue-rumped, 320 ; ruby-throated, 348 ; 

 sedge-, winter quarters doubtful, 359 ; 

 Arctic willow-, 359 ; its song, 362 ; 

 yellow-browed-, 371; Blyth's reed- 

 454; Pallas' grasshopper-, 459 



W^asilkova, Lake, 150 



Waxwings, 8, 9 ; at Archangel, 19 



Weather, sudden changes at Ust-Zylma, 

 71 ; summer, 75 ; great heat, 76 ; cold, 

 78, 95, 100, 103, 109, 125. 153 ; affects 

 migration, 199, 210; heavy squall and 

 waterspout, 231, 232; in Arctic circle, 

 236 ; racing south wind, 278-280 ; on 

 Kureika, 321 ; at Golchika, 406, 440 ; 

 at Krasnoyarsk, 467 



Whales, White, 179 



Wheatears, 92 



Whimbrel, 84 



Wigeon, 86, 115 



Wiggins, Capt., 247 ; explores Ob, 249, 

 and Yenesei, 250 ; meets Seebohm, 

 250 ; bravery of, 252, 270 ; misfortune 

 at Turukansk, 285-287 ; his enterprise 

 and honesty, 374 ; interviews crew, 387 ; 

 good qualities, 388, 399 ; quarrels with 

 Schwanenberg, 408, 409 ; comes to 

 terms, 411 ; crosses Ural Mountains, 

 486 



Willoughby, Sir Hugh, his voyage to 

 Novaya Zemlya, 247 



Willow-grouse, 13, 97 



Willow-wren, 105, 229 



Wolley, J., 3 



Woodpecker, Great spotted, 13; lesser 

 spotted, 19 ; at Pinega, 25 ; black, 75, 

 81 



Wossnessensky, 127 (note) 



