690 



FROM NORTH POLE TO EQUATOR. 



of the cow weaver-birds, 219; of 

 finches, 219; of the hornbills, 219; 

 of the umber-bird, 220 ; of the dwarf 

 peregrine falcon and guinea -dove, 

 221; of the African swift, 221; of 

 the crocodile-bird, 229. 



New-World or broad-nosed monkeys, 

 293. 



Nomad Herdsmen and Herds of the 

 Steppes, 451 ; domain and tribes of 

 the Kirghiz, 452; their racial afSni- 

 ties, 452; physical features, 453; 

 dress, 453; dwellings, 454; wealth 

 reckoned by their herds, 458 ; impor- 

 tance of the horse, 458 ; their sheep 

 and goats, 464; cattle, 465; camels, 

 466; dog, 467; food of the people, 

 468; their constant roamings, 470; 

 the winter camping - ground, 473; 

 manner of travelling, 474; milking 

 the animals, 477 ; a charming picture 

 of pastoral life, 480. 



Northern Lights, the, 38, 86, 443. 



Norway, harvest of the sea, 38. 



Nubia and the Nile Eapids, 356; the 

 region of the rapids, 357 ; its pre- 

 historic ruins, 359 ; vegetation and 

 fauna, 363; fertility of middle Nubia, 

 366 ; the Nubian and Egyptian con- 

 trasted, 368 ; Nubia subjugated by 

 the Egyptians, 370; sketch of the 

 Nubian people, 373 ; navigation of the 

 rapids, 379; a night on one of the 

 rocks, 382 ; the voyage down-stream, 

 383, 388; a warning unheeded, 388. 



Nyke, visit to the, 53; its immense 

 number of birds, 55. 



Oases of the desert, 341. 



Obdorsk, annual fair at, 440. 



Ohrt, the Ostiak god, 421, 443, 448. 



Old- World monkeys, 296. 



Omsk, town of, 396. 



Ornithologist (an) on the Danube, 540; 

 a tempting invitation, 541 ; scenery 

 on the Danube, 541; a famous heron- 

 ry, 544; bird-life in the marshes, 546; 

 sea-eagle hunting, 548; fighting and 

 pairing of the birds, 549 ; care for 

 their young, 552 ; protection of ani- 

 mal life in Hungary, 554; a grand 



river picture, 556; a wonderful dis- 

 trict, 557 ; vulture-shooting, 561 ; a 

 sail through a forest - wilderness, 

 563. 



Ostiaks, the Heathen, 416; condition of 

 the people, 416; probable number of 

 the tribe, 417, 584; contrasted with 

 Ostiaks of the Greek Church, 418; 

 their physical features, 421 ; language 

 and dress, 422 ; dwellings, 423 ; em- 

 ployments, 425; their reindeer and 

 dogs, 426; constant migrations, 431; 

 a "bloody meal", 434; at night in a 

 tshum, 436; at a fishing-station, 437; 

 hunting for game, 439; the fair of 

 Obdorsk, 440; evils of brandy-drink- 

 ing, 440 ; marriage customs, 441 ; 

 domestic life, 445; performances and 

 prophecies of a shaman, 445; religion 

 of the people, 448; their burial cus- 

 toms, 450. 



Ostrich, legend regarding the, 190; ha- 

 bits and omnivorous appetite of, 191, 

 576; breeding of, 192. 



Ox of the Kirghiz, 465. 



Oyster-catcher, the, 49. 



Pairing-cry of birds, 273. 



Pallas's sand-grouse or steppe-grouse, 

 115, 404. 



Palm-tree of the desert, 342. 



Pangolin of North Africa, 194. 



Phalarope in the tundra, 80, 568. 



Philse, island of, 361, 584. 



Pichta fir of Siberia, 128, 394. 



Pine-marten, 158; hunting of the, 161. 



Polygamy of some birds, 279. 



Primeval Forests of Central Africa, 201 ; 

 their magnificence in spring-time, 

 203; sailing up the Blue Nile, 204; 

 a remarkable tribe, 204; the forest 

 reached, 207; difficulty of penetrating 

 it, 208; the baobab-tree and duleb- 

 palm, 209; bird-fauna of the forest, 

 213; varieties of nests, 217; mam- 

 mals of the forest, 222; animal life 

 on the river-banks and islands, 225; 

 rain-lakes and water-pools of the 

 forest, 229; visits of the locust, 230; 

 night in the primeval forest, 231. 



Ptarmigan of the tundra, 77 



