. The birds of Siberia; a record of a naturalist's visits to the valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei . OLD RUSSIAN SILVER CROSS. THE FLOODED BANKS OF THE RIVER CHAPTER XIII. A TRIP TO HABARIKI. Trip to Habariki—Forest Scenery—Tarns in the Woods—ChangeableWeather—New Birds identified in the Forests—Golden Eagle—Osprey—Hobby—Cuckoo—Yellow-headed Wagtail-Bohemian Waxwing—GreatSnipe—Terek Sandpiper—Goosander—Smew—Black-throated Diver. We were fast asleep the next evening when we wereroused up by Captain Engels invitation to go down withhim by the steamer to Habariki to stay there three had
. The birds of Siberia; a record of a naturalist's visits to the valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei . OLD RUSSIAN SILVER CROSS. THE FLOODED BANKS OF THE RIVER CHAPTER XIII. A TRIP TO HABARIKI. Trip to Habariki—Forest Scenery—Tarns in the Woods—ChangeableWeather—New Birds identified in the Forests—Golden Eagle—Osprey—Hobby—Cuckoo—Yellow-headed Wagtail-Bohemian Waxwing—GreatSnipe—Terek Sandpiper—Goosander—Smew—Black-throated Diver. We were fast asleep the next evening when we wereroused up by Captain Engels invitation to go down withhim by the steamer to Habariki to stay there three had barely time to dress and fill our pockets with■cartridores. The current of the river was in our favour ;it was running at the rate of four miles an hour, and weaccomplished the twenty-seven miles in two at Habariki we scarcely recognised the placeagain. The snow had disappeared, all but a patch ortwo on the Timanski hills, fifty miles off. The Petchora,freed from ice, had risen some twenty feet or more, and io8 A TRIP TO HABARIKI had flooded the island in front of the village, t
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