The Birds of Siberia : A Record of a Naturalist's Visits to the Valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei (Paperback)

Preface; Part I. To the Petchora Valley: 1. Early explorers; 2. London to Archangel; 3. Archangel; 4. Sledging to Ust-Zylma; 5. Ust-Zylma; 6. The Zylma and its neighbourhood; 7. The Samoyedes; 8. Life in Ust-Zylma; 9. The advent of summer; 10. The break-up of the ice; 11. Peasant life in Ust-Zylma; 12. The Petchora in flood; 13. A trip to Habariki; 14. Our voyage to the delta; 15. Alexievka; 16. Stanavialachta; 17. After grey plovers at Wasilkova; 18. Stanavialachta revisited; 19. The Golievski Islands; 20. The migration of birds; 21. In camp at Dvoinik; 22. Homeward bound; 23. Results of the journey; Part II. The Yenesei: 24. Siberia and sea-trade; 25. From London to Omsk; 26. Down river to the Kamin Pass; 27. Turukansk and the way thither; 28. Our journey's end; 29. In winter quarters; 30. Waiting for spring; 31. The changing seasons; 32. The break-up of the ice; 33. The march-past of the migrants; 34. A busy week on the Kureika; 35. Full summer at last; 36. Last days on the Kureika; 37. The loss of the Thames; 38. Down river to Dudinka; 39. From Dudinka to Golchika; 40. Golchika; 41. Migration; 42. Return to Kureika; 43. By steamer to Yeneseisk; 44. From Yeneseisk to Tomsk; 45. From Tomsk to Perm; 46. Homeward bound; 47. Russian corruption; 48. Results and conclusions; Index.