. The birds of Siberia; a record of a naturalist's visits to the valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei . OLD RUSSIAN SILVER SAMOYEDE MAN WOMAN CHAPTER XXXVI. LAST DAYS ON THE KUREIKA. Birds begin to Grow Scarce—Absence of the Nutcrackers—FertileHybrids between Hooded andCarrion Crows—Nest of the Yellow-browedWarbler—Birds Plentiful in the Early Morning—Arctic Willow-warbler—Nest of the Dark Ouzel—Second Nest of the Little Bunting—Leaving theKureika—New Birds Identified each Week—Parting with our Friends. On Monday, the 25th of June. I had a long round in theforest, but met with
. The birds of Siberia; a record of a naturalist's visits to the valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei . OLD RUSSIAN SILVER SAMOYEDE MAN WOMAN CHAPTER XXXVI. LAST DAYS ON THE KUREIKA. Birds begin to Grow Scarce—Absence of the Nutcrackers—FertileHybrids between Hooded andCarrion Crows—Nest of the Yellow-browedWarbler—Birds Plentiful in the Early Morning—Arctic Willow-warbler—Nest of the Dark Ouzel—Second Nest of the Little Bunting—Leaving theKureika—New Birds Identified each Week—Parting with our Friends. On Monday, the 25th of June. I had a long round in theforest, but met with nothing of special interest. The•only nest which I found was that of a redwing, containingfour eggs. Birds were evidently beginning to again. Many had left for still more northerly 2 A 370 LAST DAYS ON THE KUREIKA breedincr-orrounds, and those which remained had scat-tered themselves in the forest. The pairing season wasover, and the songs with which the male birds hadwooed their females were now for the most part hushed,the energies of the feathered songsters being apparentlyconcentrate
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