. The birds of Siberia; a record of a naturalist's visits to the valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei . t use. In its stomach were several small weighed 15 lb., and cost 10 kopecks per lb. Wewere told that later the price would be 5 kopecks per fish sometimes reaches the weight of 60 lb. Wefound it very nice eating, but failed to recognise itsboasted superiority to salmon. We acknowledge, how-ever, that the cooking may have been in fault. In the afternoon we went out in the cold wind, notexpecting to shoot anything ; but to our astonishmentwe found a number of new birds in the
. The birds of Siberia; a record of a naturalist's visits to the valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei . t use. In its stomach were several small weighed 15 lb., and cost 10 kopecks per lb. Wewere told that later the price would be 5 kopecks per fish sometimes reaches the weight of 60 lb. Wefound it very nice eating, but failed to recognise itsboasted superiority to salmon. We acknowledge, how-ever, that the cooking may have been in fault. In the afternoon we went out in the cold wind, notexpecting to shoot anything ; but to our astonishmentwe found a number of new birds in the town itself Wesecured a wood-sandpiper out of a flock of four, and aTemmincks stint, of which there were several. Wesaw a common swallow twice, and shot a pair of ringedplovers. We had also an excellent view of two oyster-catchers. All these were new arrivals. Many greenwagtails were to be seen, and we shot four males andtwo females. In the village we met a shore-lark, the firstwe had seen for many days in the streets. The unfavourable-looking day proved one of themost interesting we had yet OLD RUSSIAN SILVER CROSS
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