CONTENTS xi 



CHAPTER XXI. 



IN CAMP AT DVOINIK. 



Trip to Kuya — The Prahms — Travelling in a Rosposki — The Birds en route — 

 Arrival of the Triad at Alexievka — We Win over the Manager — The Iiw — 

 Doing Robinson Crusoe in a Wrecked Ship — Nest of the Long-tailed Duck — 

 Our First Little Stint's Nest — The Tundra — Sunset and Sunrise — Little Stint's 

 Eggs — The Tundra near Bolvanskaya Bay — Phalaropes — Interior of the 

 Tundra — Change of Plumage in Phalaropes — An Early Morning Start — Con- 

 fusion of Time — The Snowy Owl — Two more Nests of Little Stint — A March 

 of Geese on the Tundra— An Old Grave Pp. 207-225 



CHAPTER XXII. 



HOMEWARD BOUND. 



On Short Commons — Bad Weather — A Foraging Party — Russian Superstitions — 

 Return of the Steamer — Beautiful Flowers — Arrival at Alexievka— Departure 

 for Home — Thunderstorm — Water-spout — Sea-birds — Hard Fare — Copen- 

 hagen — Summary of the Trip Pp. 226-234 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



RESULTS OF THE JOURNEY. 



Results of the Trip — Summer in the Arctic Regions— Circumpolar Birds — Birds 

 Confined to the Eastern Hemisphere — Various Ranges of Birds— Migration of 

 Birds — Dates of Arrival— Probable Route — Conclusion . . Pp. 235-243 



PART II 



THE YENESEI 

 CHAPTER XXIV. 



SIBERIA AND SEA-TRADE. 



Sir Hugh Willoughby's Voyage to Novaya Zemlya — Ancient Voyages across the 

 Kara Sea — Modern Voyages across the Kara Sea — Captain Wiggins's Voyage 

 in 1876 — Ornithological Arctic Expeditions — Letters of Introduction from 

 Count Schouvaloff — Recent Expeditions to Siberia — Nordenskiold's Voyage 



Pp. 247-254 



