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INDEX 



Scarlet Bullfinch, ii8, 358 

 Schouvaloff, 6, 250 

 Schrenck, A. G., 5, 16, 250 

 Schwanenberg, Captain, makes use of 



Captain Wiggins, 285, 286 ; his troubles 



at Turukansk, 290, 291 ; goes up Ku- 



reika, 306, 347 ; quarrels with Wiggins, 



408, 409 ; comes to terms, 411 ; arrives 



at St. Petersburg, 486 

 Sciurus vulgaris, S. hudsonius, 282 (note) 

 Scoter. Black, habits, 157 

 Scurvy, MortaUty from, 398, 466 

 SevertzofF, on migratory routes, 427 

 Shooting grounds, on Petchora and 



Zylma, 85, 93, loi ; at Alexievna, 134 ; 



Zemelskaya tundra, 138, 139 

 Shore-larks, 75, 77 ; tameness of, 84 

 Shrike, Great grey, 459 

 Siberia, hospitaUty of peasants in, 281 ; 



influence of exiles on natives, 435 ; 



economic problems of, 448, 449 

 Sideroff, bis steamer at Habariki, 56, 104, 



160 ; gives a dinner-party, 256 ; his 



agent works on Captain Wiggins, 285, 



286 ; his graphite mines, 290 ; fate of 



his steamer, 398, 399 

 Silovanoff', Arrive at, 442 ; asceticism of 



people, 444 ; lost in forest, 446 

 Sitta uralensis, 501 

 Skoptsi, religious sect, 287, 444 

 Skua, Buffon's, 131 ; at Alexievna, 136, 



139, 140; solicitude for young, 156; 



stalking, 168, 169; Richardson's skua, 



147 



Skylark, 93 



Sledging, 7, 9 ; of Samoyedes, 17, 32 ; 

 adventure, 28, 30, 52 ; spill in snow, 

 68 ; commence long journey, 259 ; in 

 a snowstorm, 266; light sledges, 275; 

 terrible roads for, 276 ; Siberian dog- 

 sledge, 28r ; very light for soft roads, 

 292 ; reindeer sledge, sgg 



Slofftzoff, Prof., 267 



Smith, Mr. Edgar A., 410 (note) 



Snipe, 81; Double-, habits and habitat, 350 



Snow-buntings, 24 -, at Mez^n, 26 ; at 

 Ust-Zylma, 44 ; flight and habits, 45, 

 46, 59 ; at Vadso, 69 ; flocks of, 70, 80 



Snowshoes, 43 ; excursion on, 54 ; diffi- 

 culties with, go, 284 ; through forest 

 on, 296 



Sparrows, House and Tree, 13 ; as sca- 

 vengers, 19, 24 ; on Petcliora, 46, 71 ; 

 fondness for locality, 84, 95 ; at Yene- 

 seisk, 271 



Squirrel, Grey, 282 (note) ; Striped, 308 



(note), 360 

 Stanavialachta, /^tj/ arrive at, 145; fal- 

 cons' eyries, 146 ; second visit to, 162 

 Steppes, Villages on, 263 

 Stint, Little, 4, 14; nest, eggs, and young, 



lyS ; tameness of, 216; habits, 217; 



Temminck's stint, 96, 102, 114, 125 

 Stonechat, 93 

 St. Petersburg, bird market at, 8 ; arrive 



at, 255 ; audience with Ministers, 255 ; 



leave, 257 ; return to, 486 

 Strebeloff, Prof., 465 

 Stricklandian Code, 503 

 Susloff, Michael, 289; joins company, 439; 



ethnological and historical report, 447 

 Swallow, 103, 104, 457 

 Swan, Bewick's, 4, 18, 76 ; story of lost 



skin and eggs, 166, 167 ; in valley of 



Yenesei, 389 

 Swinhoe, describes Anthus gusiavi, 127 



(note) 

 Sylvia affinis, 341 



Taimyr Peninsula, 235 (note) 

 Tamias asiaticus, T. lysteri, 308 (note) 

 Tarsiger cyanurus, 320 

 Tatars, ethnological relations of, 431. 



484 ; village, 467 ; girl, 48'^ 

 Taylor, Capt. , 209, 230, 231 

 Taz river, 457 

 Teal, 83 



"Telegas," 463, 476, 477 

 Tengmalm's owl, 123 

 Tern, Arctic, 124, 211, 398 

 Thames, 252 ; in winter quarters, 293, 



304; frozen to bed of Yenesei, 298; 



dangerous position, 328-331 ; afloat, 



337; wreck of, j'j6, 380; mutinous 



attitude of men, 382, 383 ; farewell to, 



439 ; final break-up of, 468 

 Thrushes, Geographical distribution of, 



423-425 

 Timarscheff, Gen., 251 

 Timber rafts, 133, 208 

 Tit, Lapp-, 113 

 Tiumen, Arrive at, 473 ; hotel customs, 



474 ; leave, 475 

 Tobol river, 470 

 Tobolsk, 470 

 Tom river, 470 



