. The birds of Siberia; a record of a naturalist's visits to the valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei . BRONZE KNIVES FROM ANCIENT GRAVE NEAR KRASNOYARSK. K^Ci OSTIAK CHOOM CHAPTER XXXI. THE CHANGING SEASONS. Erection of an Ostiak Choom—Ornithological Results of the Week—AnOstiak Feast—Comparisons of Ostiaks and Tungusks—Snowy Owl—OurFirst Rain in the Arctic Circle—Further Signs of approaching Summer—Northern Marsh-tit—Ornithological Resultsof the Third Week—White-tailed Eagle—Snowstorm—A solitary Barn Swallow—A Wintry Day—A Fox—The River rises—Five Roubles for an Eagle—What became ofthe Rouble
. The birds of Siberia; a record of a naturalist's visits to the valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei . BRONZE KNIVES FROM ANCIENT GRAVE NEAR KRASNOYARSK. K^Ci OSTIAK CHOOM CHAPTER XXXI. THE CHANGING SEASONS. Erection of an Ostiak Choom—Ornithological Results of the Week—AnOstiak Feast—Comparisons of Ostiaks and Tungusks—Snowy Owl—OurFirst Rain in the Arctic Circle—Further Signs of approaching Summer—Northern Marsh-tit—Ornithological Resultsof the Third Week—White-tailed Eagle—Snowstorm—A solitary Barn Swallow—A Wintry Day—A Fox—The River rises—Five Roubles for an Eagle—What became ofthe Roubles—Visit from our Ostiak Neighbour—A Baby Fox—Our TwoBabies—A Crows Nest—The Blue-rumped Warbler. On the 7th of May I recorded in my journal another signof approaching summer, namely, the arrival of an Ostiakfamily, who in the course of the day erected a tent orchoom on the banks of the Kureika close by the migrations of the natives in these parts are facts 312 THE CHANGING SEASONS in natural history almost as much guided by instinct asthose of birds. The Ostiak is a hunter. In the winterhe lives i
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