. Siberia in Europe: a visit to the valley of the Petchora, in north-east Russia; with descriptions of the natural history, migration of birds, etc . SHOOTING WILD GEESE. CHAPTER IX. Mild weather—Bear tracks—Saddle of bear—First rain—Six new migratorybirds—Magpies eggs—Cessation of the winter frost—Return of winter—Awild goose chase—Cachets—Night on the banks- of the Petchora—The silentforest—A new bird. On the 10th of May, for the first time we had real summervveatlier, which continued for some days. It thawed in theshade, as well as in the sun; as there was not much wind,however, the snow me
. Siberia in Europe: a visit to the valley of the Petchora, in north-east Russia; with descriptions of the natural history, migration of birds, etc . SHOOTING WILD GEESE. CHAPTER IX. Mild weather—Bear tracks—Saddle of bear—First rain—Six new migratorybirds—Magpies eggs—Cessation of the winter frost—Return of winter—Awild goose chase—Cachets—Night on the banks- of the Petchora—The silentforest—A new bird. On the 10th of May, for the first time we had real summervveatlier, which continued for some days. It thawed in theshade, as well as in the sun; as there was not much wind,however, the snow melted slowly. We drove up the Zylmaand took a long walk in our snow-shoes, returning across theisland; but the pine and birch woods were still almost CHAP. IX. SADDLE OF BEAR. 89 deserted. We shot a pair of marsh tits, heard the cry of agreat black woodpecker, and saw four wild geese flying overour heads. On the island we fell in with a small flock ofshore-larks * and succeeded in shooting four, while feedingupon the bare places on the banks of the island. Wealso started a pair of wild geese and a large owl, probablythe
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