CONTENTS. xiii 



CHAPTER XX. 



Hybernation of birds — Migration of birds — Keed warblers — Origin of mi- 

 gration — ^Transvaal warblers — The mammoth age — Insect life — Lines 

 of migration — Heligoland — Its ornithologists — Variety of birds — Wind 

 and weather — The throstle-bushes — Migration by sight — Order of 

 migration — Stray migrants — The yellow-browed warbler — Migration 

 on Heligoland — Skylarks — ^Migratory instincts — Other facts of mi- 

 gration .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Page 242 



CHAPTEE XXI. 



Trip to Kuya — ^The prahms — Travelling in a Rosposki — The birds we saw 

 — Arrival of the Triad at Alexievka — We win over the manager — The 

 Ino — Doing Robinson Crusoe in a wrecked ship — Nest of the long- 

 tailed duck — Our first little stint's nest — The tundra — Sunset and sun- 

 rise — Little stint's eggs^ — The tundra near Bolvanski Bucht — ^Phalaropes 

 — Interior of the tundra — Change of plumage in phalaropes — An early 

 morning start — Confusion of time — The snowy owl — Two more nests of 

 the little stint — A march of geese on the tundra — An old grave .. 262 



CHAPTEE XXII. 



On short commons — Bad weather — A foraging party — ^Russian supersti- 

 tions — ^Return of the steamer — Beautiful flowers — ^Arrival at Alexievka 

 — Departure for home — Thunder-storm — Waterspout — Sea-birds — 

 Hard fare — Copenhagen-:— Results of the trip .. .. .. 284 



CHAPTEE XXIII. 



Summary of the trip — Summer in the Arctic regions — Ciroumpolar 

 birds — Birds confined to the eastern hemisphere — Various ranges 

 of birds — Migration of birds — Dates of arrival — Probable route — 

 Conclusion .. -. .. .. .. .. .. 294 



