SAMOVEDE MAN 



DOLCAN WOMAN 



CHAPTER XXXVI. 



LAST DAYS ON THE KUREIKA. 



Birds begin to Grow Scarce — Absence of the Nutcrackers — Fertile 

 Hybrids between Hooded and Carrion Crows — Nest of the Yellow-browed 

 Warbler — Birds Plentiful in the Early Morning — Arctic Willow-warbler — 

 Nest of the Dark Ouzel — Second Nest of the Little Bunting — Leaving the 

 Kureika — New Birds Identified each Week — Parting with our Friends. 



On Monday, the 25th of June, I had a long round in the 

 forest, but met with nothing of special interest. The 

 only nest which I found was that of a redwing, containing 

 four eggs. Birds were evidently beginning to become 

 scarce again. Many had left for still more northerly 



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