. The birds of Siberia; a record of a naturalist's visits to the valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei . Buffons skuas, and ducksof various sorts. The other island was almost entirelya grassy marsh, interspersed with spaces of open flock of Siberian herring-gulls hovered about a partyof fishermen, who were catching with a seine net a smallfish exactly resembling the herring. Temmincks stintscongregated in great numbers on the dry or drying mud,but we could find no trace of their nests. Phalaropessingle and in flocks were common ; we took three of theirnests, also one of a tern. Ducks as
. The birds of Siberia; a record of a naturalist's visits to the valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei . Buffons skuas, and ducksof various sorts. The other island was almost entirelya grassy marsh, interspersed with spaces of open flock of Siberian herring-gulls hovered about a partyof fishermen, who were catching with a seine net a smallfish exactly resembling the herring. Temmincks stintscongregated in great numbers on the dry or drying mud,but we could find no trace of their nests. Phalaropessingle and in flocks were common ; we took three of theirnests, also one of a tern. Ducks as usual abounded ; wenoticed among them a pair of shovellers, and carried offa nest, containing three eggs and a little down, whichbelonged to this bird. On the river we continually passedflocks of scaup and black scoter. The sketch of Stanavialachta at the head of thischapter was taken from one of the peregrines eyries; thesecond eyrie was half-way down the point to the extremeleft. To the right in the distance is the eastern boundary ofBolvanskaya Bay; to the left, the outer islands of the GREY PLOVER S NEST AND YOUNG CHAPTER XVII. AFTER GREY PLOVERS AT WASILKOVA. Examination of our Nests—Excursion to Wasilkova—Search for BreedingHaunts of Bewicks Swan—News from England—Grey Plovers Eggs—Flock of Buffons Skuas—Black Scoters Nest—Watching for Skuas Nests—Another Nest of Grey Plover—Scaups Eggs—The Zyriani. On the 29th of June the weather was very wet. Wespent the clay in blowing- eggs and examining our had now five nests which we were pretty sure were I50 AFTER GREY PLOVERS AT WASILKOVA those of our new pipit; they were entirely distinct fromthat of the red-throated pipit. Instead of being composedof fine round grasses they were made of flat-leaved grass,knotted water-plants and small leaves, and in two of themwere Equiseta. The eggs in them were larger, more lark-like, a dark ring circled the larger end, and they were allmore or less mottled
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