CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEE XV. 



Alexievka— The timber rafts— The island— Nest and eggs— Biiffon'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— Watching hy the nest— Shot at last — Omelette 

 of grey plover's eggs— Birds seen on the tundra^— Eggs collected during 

 the day— Blowing eggs— Nest of the Petchora pipit . . Page 174 



CHAPTEE XVI. 



The tundra near the Yooshina river — Golden plover's eggs — Various nests 

 — Lapland bunting — Various birds — Richardson's skua — Various 

 means of propelling our boat — The tundra near Stanavialachta — Eyrie 

 of a peregrine falcon — ^Various nests — ^Abundance of willow grouse — 

 Nest of the willow grouse — Visit to two islands in the delta .. 186 



CHAPTEE XVII. 



Examination of nests — Excursion to Wasilkova — Search for breeding 

 haunts of Bewick's swan — News from England — Grey plover's eggs — 

 Flock of Buffon's skuas — Black scoter's nest — Watching for skuas' nests 

 — ^Another nest of grey plovers — Scaup's eggs — The Zyriani .. 194 



CHAPTEE XVIII. 



Second visit to Stanavialachta — Peregrine falcons — Plague of mosquitoes 

 —Midnight on the tundrar— Nest of the velvet scoter — Little Feodor sent 

 in quest of the swan's skin — A Russian bath — Feodor's return — Identi- 

 fication of eggs of Bewick's swan — Mosquito veils — Our eighth nest of 

 grey plovers — Our servants — Our ninth nest of grey plovers — The 

 tenth nest.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 208 



CHAPTEE XIX. 



Trip to the Golievski Islands— Shoal of white whales— Glaucous gulls- 

 Dunlins and sanderlings— Black scoter— Dvoinik— Little stint— Curlew 

 sandpiper— Snow-bunting— Overhauling our plunder— The Company's 

 manager— Discussions concerning the stints— Probable line of migra- 

 tion followed by birds .. .. ., .. „ __ 226 



