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BOLVANKAYA BUCHT. 



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bers on the dry or drying mud, but we could find no trace of 

 their nests. Phalaropes single and in ilocks were common ; 

 we took three of their nests, also one of a tern. Ducks as 

 usual abounded ; we noticed among them a pair of shovel- 

 lers, and carried off a nest containing three eggs and a little 

 down, which belonged to this bird. On the rivej? we con- 

 tinually passed flocks of scaup and black scoter. 



The sketch of Stanavialachta at the head of this chapter 

 was taken from the eyrie of one of the peregrines ; the 

 second eyrie was half-way down the point to the extreme 

 left. To the right in the distance is the eastern boundary 

 of the Bolvankaya Buolit ; to the left, the outer islands of the 

 Delta. ■ 



OLD EUSSIAN SILVER CROSS. 



