Siberia in Asia: a visit to the valley of the Yenesay1882 |
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Page vii
... birds mentioned in the form of notes , but I have confined these to the birds which we did not find on the first journey , not deeming it necessary to repeat the notes of my former volume . Siberia in Asia ' has been written in the ...
... birds mentioned in the form of notes , but I have confined these to the birds which we did not find on the first journey , not deeming it necessary to repeat the notes of my former volume . Siberia in Asia ' has been written in the ...
Page ix
... Birds — At Kazan - Roads between Kazan and Perm -At Perm - At Kongoor - The Urals - Birds - We enter Asia- Ekatereenburg - Tyumain - The Steppes - Villages of the Crescent and the Cross - Russian and Mahomedan clergy - Cheap provisions— ...
... Birds — At Kazan - Roads between Kazan and Perm -At Perm - At Kongoor - The Urals - Birds - We enter Asia- Ekatereenburg - Tyumain - The Steppes - Villages of the Crescent and the Cross - Russian and Mahomedan clergy - Cheap provisions— ...
Page x
... Birds - The Nutcracker - Continued excur- sions in the forest - Danger ahead 53 CHAPTER VI . The Ostyaks of the Yenesay — An Ostyak baby - A new bird - Visit from the Blagachina and the Postmaster - Black - Cocks in the forest - The ...
... Birds - The Nutcracker - Continued excur- sions in the forest - Danger ahead 53 CHAPTER VI . The Ostyaks of the Yenesay — An Ostyak baby - A new bird - Visit from the Blagachina and the Postmaster - Black - Cocks in the forest - The ...
Page xi
... birds arrive — An Ostyak funeral — Birds arrive fast - The Tun- goosk ice coming down - New birds - Pintail Snipe - Mosquitoes on the wing .. .. CHAPTER XI . 102 Four species added to my list - Dotterel - Rapid rise of the river - Open ...
... birds arrive — An Ostyak funeral — Birds arrive fast - The Tun- goosk ice coming down - New birds - Pintail Snipe - Mosquitoes on the wing .. .. CHAPTER XI . 102 Four species added to my list - Dotterel - Rapid rise of the river - Open ...
Page xii
... birds - Striped Squirrels - Gull perching - The Siberian Ground Thrush -A new bird - My new schooner the Ibis - Song of the Yellow - browed Warbler - Ost ' - yak fishing season - Important observations made on the other side of the Koo ...
... birds - Striped Squirrels - Gull perching - The Siberian Ground Thrush -A new bird - My new schooner the Ibis - Song of the Yellow - browed Warbler - Ost ' - yak fishing season - Important observations made on the other side of the Koo ...
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afternoon anchor ANCIENT GRAVE arrived Asia banks birds Bluethroats breeds Captain Wiggins China chooms Crown 8vo Crows Dictionary DOLGAHN Edited eggs England English Europe Fcap feet Fieldfare flocks forest Glinski Gol-cheek'-a Golden Plover GRAVE NEAR KRASNOYARSK ground Grouse Gulls History Hooded Crows horses Illustrations island journey Kara Sea KRASNOYARSK land Lapland Buntings Little Bunting Maps and Plans Medium 8vo migration miles morning mountains nest night occasionally Ost'-yaks OSTYAK Ouzel pair passed peasants Petchora Pipit Portrait Post 8vo Red-throated Pipit reindeer river road roubles Russian Sam'-o-yades SAMOYADE Sandpiper Schwanenberg Sessedatel ship shore Shore Larks shot Siberia Siberian Chiffchaff Sideroff skins sledge snow Snow-Buntings species steamer Student's summer Temminck's Stints Thames Thrushes Toor-o-kansk travelling tree Tundra TUNGOOSK valley versts village vols Warbler weather whilst White Wagtail willow wind winter Woodcuts Yellow-browed Warbler Yen-e-saisk Yen-e-say
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