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INDEX. 



Martin, sand, 156. 

 May-day, 79. 

 Mealy redpole, 51. 

 Merganser, red-breasted, 188. 

 Merlin, 82. 

 M^zen, 29. 



, departure from, 29. 



, river, 30. 



Midnight on the tundra, 211. 

 Migrants, stray, 256. 

 Migration of birds, 239. 



, birds resting on, 129. 



by sight, 254. 



, lines of, 248. 



, order of, 254. 



, origin of, 245. 



on Heligoland, 257. 



, other facts on, 258. 



Migratory instincts, 258. 

 Mocking-bird, the Swedish, 127. 

 Moscow to Vologda, 9. 

 Mosquito-veils, 215. 

 Mosquitoes, 134, 210. 



■N. 



Nest of grey plover, 181, 183. 



Lapland bunting, 180. 



little stint, 267, 281. 



long-tailed duck, 266. 



Petchora pipit, 185. 



skuas, watching for, 204. 



velvet scoter, 211. 



Nests and eggs, 176. 



, examination of, 194. 



, various, 187, 191. 



New birds, 117. 

 Nomad life, 55, 

 Northern bullfinches, 37. 



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Officials, hospitality of, 47. 

 Old Believers, 45. 



Old Believers, crosses of, 46. 



, prejudices of, 114. 



. , superstitions of, 45. 



Omelette of grey plovers' eggs, 183. 



Ornaments, peasants' love for, 35. 



Osprey, 138. 



Our quarters, 44. 



Our servants, 219. 



Outfit, 5. 



Overhauling our plunder, 236. 



Owl, eagle, 84. 



, Lapp, 19. 



, ^hort-eared, 118. 



, snowy, 19, 91, 280. 



, Ural, 19. 



Oystercatcher, 123. 



Palsearctic birds, 297. 

 Party, a foraging, 285. 

 Peasants, costumes of, 113. 



, curiosity of, 34. 



, employments and amusements 



of, 35. 



■ ' love for ornaments, 35. 



Pelzam, 4. 



Peregrine falcon, 93, 190, 210. 



Petchora, banks of, 44, 95. 



, break up of ice on. 111. 



free from ice, 131. 



, first view of, 38. 



■ pipit, 165, 185. 



, sail down the, 158. 



, voyages to the, in seventeenth 



century, 4. 

 Phalaropes, 276. 



, change of plumage in, 278. 



, red-necked, 167. 



Pigeons, 21. 

 Piuega river, 26. 

 Piotluch, 20. 



, his accident, 31. 



Pipit, meadow, 101, 108. 



