CHAP. XXI. 



BIRDS. 



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had been buried in the box, or that of an adult interred 

 below. 



After loitering some time about this spot, I pushed on 

 farther, crossing over a plateau of tundra, well covered in 

 phices with willows, some three feet high. Here I found 

 willow-grouse, both old and young, well able to fly ; many 

 willow-warblers, a few redpoles, and one blue-throated 

 warbler. 



OLD RUSSIAN SILVEK CROSS. 



