CONTENTS XV 



CHAPTER XL. 



GOLCHIKA. 



Golchika — Blowing Eggs — Drift-wood on the Swamp — The Little Stint — Rock 

 Ptarmigan — I secure a Passage to Yeneseisk — Fighting over the Ibis— BuSon's 

 Skuas — Shell-Mounds — The Captains come to Terms — Sandbanks at the 

 Mouth of the Golchika — Farewell to the Tundra . . . Pp. 405-413 



CHAPTER XLL 



MIGRATION. 



Climate of the Tundra — Break up of the Ice — Migration of Birds in the South or 

 France — Comparison between Island and Continental Migration — Routes of 

 Migration — Grouse — Conservatism of Birds — Mortality amongst Migrants — 

 Origin of Migration— Glacial Epochs — Emigration of Birds — Geographical 

 Distribution of Thrushes — Reports on the Migration of Birds Pp. 414-428 



CHAPTER XLIL 



RETURN TO KUREIKA. 



Ornithological Spoils — My Three Companions — The Native Tribes — Birds on a 

 Little Island— Dolgan Names for Various Articles of Clothing — An Island 

 Rich in Birds — The Siberian Pipit— Temminck's Stint— An Arctic Accentor — 

 My Doubts cleared concerning the Thrush seen at Brekoffsky— " Die Wilden " 

 — Evil Influences — Need of a Hero in Siberia — The Two Curses of Russia — 

 Baptized Natives retaining their Charms and Idols — The Strange Hours we 

 kept — Marriage Ceremonies — Funeral Ceremonies -Diseases —Birds seen on 

 approaching Dudinka — Vershinsky — Golden Plover frequenting the Summit of 

 Larch-trees — Gulls — Mosquitoes — The Thames — An Impenetrable Island — 

 Kureika in its Summer Aspect . Pp. 429-441 



CHAPTER XLIII. 



BY STEAMER TO YENESEISK. 



Silovanoff — Hospitality of the Inhabitants— Interior of one of the Houses — A 

 Model Village — The Sect of the Skoptsi— Their Exile— A Fish Dinner— Birds 

 near Silovanoff — Redstart — Lost in the Forest — The Steamer Aground — 

 Michael Susloff — A Tipsy Blagachina — Discussion about Siberia — Its Gold 

 Mines the Ruin of its Prosperity — A Dense Forest — Birds on the Banks — 

 Verkhni Ambatskia — Decrease of the Ostiaks — Their Boats and Canoes — Birds 

 on the Pasture Land — The Forest Trees of the Yenesei — Larch — Spruce Fir 

 — Siberian Spruce Fir— Scotch Fir— Cedar— Birch — Alder and Juniper — 

 Poplar— Picturesque Scenery— Two New Birds added to my List — The Kamin 

 Pass — The Ibex— Hot Weather — The Amount of Wood our Engines consumed 

 — Our Hostess' Hospitality — A Poor Bag — Vegetation in the Forest — The 

 Black Kite — The Taz — Yermak — Swallows . . Pp. 442-457 



