Siberia in Europe: A Visit to the Valley of the Petchora, in North-east Russia ; with Descriptions of the Natural History, Migration of Birds, EtcJohn Murray, 1880 - 311 pages |
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Alexievka alighted appears Archangel Arctic circle arrival Asia autumn banks Bewick's swan birch blue-throated breeding British Islands Buffon's skuas China choom circumpolar bird colour common ducks dunlins Eastwards eggs Europe feet female fieldfare flock flying forest growth geese grey plover ground grouse gulls Habariki Harvie-Brown heard Heligoland herring-gulls hooded crow horses hour India journey lakes Lapland bunting latitude 68 limit of forest Linn little stint male marsh Mezén migration miles mosquitoes nearly allied nest north than latitude occasionally OLD RUSSIAN SILVER pair peasants perched Petchora we found Piottuch range red-throated pipit redpoles reindeer river RUSSIAN SILVER CROSS Samoyedes sanderling sandpiper seen shooting shore-larks shores shot Siberian jay skins skua sledge snow snow-buntings soon South species steamer summer swan Temminck's stint tree tundra Ust-Zylma valley versts village visited warbler watched weather white wagtails willow-warbler willows wind wings winter wood yellow-headed wagtail Yenesay young Zylma
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