. The birds of Siberia; a record of a naturalist's visits to the valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei . OLD RUSSIAN SILVER CROSS M. LITTLE stints NEST, EGGS AND YOUNG CHAPTER XIX. THE GOLIEVSKI ISLANDS. Trip to the Golievski Islands—Shoal of White Whales—Glaucous Gull-Dunlins and Sanderlings—Black Scoter—Dvoinik—Little Stint—CurlewSandpiper—Snow Bunting—OverhauUng our Plunder—The CompanysManager—Discussions concerning the Stints—Probable Lines of Migra-tion followed by Birds. On the 13th of July an opportunity presented itself ofvisiting the Golievski Islands at the entrance of the ISLAND No. 4
. The birds of Siberia; a record of a naturalist's visits to the valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei . OLD RUSSIAN SILVER CROSS M. LITTLE stints NEST, EGGS AND YOUNG CHAPTER XIX. THE GOLIEVSKI ISLANDS. Trip to the Golievski Islands—Shoal of White Whales—Glaucous Gull-Dunlins and Sanderlings—Black Scoter—Dvoinik—Little Stint—CurlewSandpiper—Snow Bunting—OverhauUng our Plunder—The CompanysManager—Discussions concerning the Stints—Probable Lines of Migra-tion followed by Birds. On the 13th of July an opportunity presented itself ofvisiting the Golievski Islands at the entrance of the ISLAND No. 4 179 lagoon. These islands are little more than sandbanks,and the beacons erected upon them for the guidance ofvessels entering the river are washed away every springby the ice. To re-erect these beacons and to inspectothers on various promontories on the shores of thelagoon, the steamer makes a trip every July. CaptainEngel asked us to accompany him, and we gladly ac-cepted the invitation. Passing Stanavialachta and Cape Bolvanski, we sailedalmost due north to the bar, where the lead announcedscarcely
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