CONTENTS ix 



CHAPTER X. 



THE BREAK-UP OF THE ICE. 



Gulls — Species new to Europe — Fresh Arrivals — Duck -shooting — Bird-life in the 

 Forest — Gulls perching on Trees — Break-up of the Ice on the Zylma — On the 

 wrong Bank of the River — Dragging the Boats across the Ice — Final break-up 

 of the Ice on the Petchora . . Pp- 82-89 



CHAPTER XL 



PEASANT LIFE IN UST-ZYLMA. 



Religious Processions — Costumes of the Peasants — A Russian Holiday — Drunken- 

 ness — Prejudices of the Old Believers — Field Work — House-building — New 

 Birds — The Siberian Chiffchaff — Prices of Provisions — Arrival of Waders 



Pp. go-96 



CHAPTER XII. 



THE PETCHORA IN FLOOD. 



Samoyede Names — The Blue-throated Warbler — Toads — Birds Resting on 

 Migration — Sparrow-hawk — The Petchora Free from Ice — A New Song — 

 Ceremony of Blessing the Steamer — Rambles in the Woods — Appearance of 

 the Mosquitoes . Pp. 97-106 



CHAPTER XIII. 



A TRIP TO HABARIKI. 



Trip to Habariki — Forest Scenery — Tarns in the Woods — Changeable Weather — 

 New Birds identified in the Forests — Golden Eagle — Osprey — Hobby — 

 Cuckoo — Yellow-headed Wagtail — Bohemian Waxwing — Great Snipe — Terek 

 Sandpiper — Goosander — Smew — Black-throated Diver . Pp. 107-116 



CHAPTER XIV. 



OUR VOYAGE TO THE DELTA. 



Return to Ust-Zylma — Wedding of the Engineer's Son — Scarlet Bullfinch — Last 

 Days at Ust-Zylma — Our Boat — We Sail to Habariki — Birds' Eggs — Smew's 

 Eggs — Snipes in Trees — Down the Petchora — Sedge-warbler — Blackcock — 

 Arctic Tern — Willow Swamps — We Cross the Arctic Circle — A New Bird — 

 Arrival at Viski — The Delta — Double Snipe — Pustozersk — The Tundra — 

 Arrival at Alexievka Pp. 117-132 



CHAPTER XV. 



ALEXIEVKA. 



Alexievka— The Timber Rafts — The Island — Nests and Eggs — Buffon's Skua — 

 Sailing for the Tundra — Description of the Tundra — Its Vegetation — Nests of 

 Lapland Bunting and Red-throated Pipit — First Sight of the Grey Plover — Its 

 Nest— Omelette of Grey Plover's Eggs— Birds seen on the Tundra— Eggs 

 collected during the Day — Nest o{ Anthus gustavi Pp. 133-142 



