. The birds of Siberia; a record of a naturalist's visits to the valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei . ally saw ravens andmagpies, the latter becoming more common as we travelledfarther north. In the open country we frequently cameacross small flocks of yellow-hammers on the roads, andnow and then a pair of bullfinches. In driving throughthe forest we occasionally caught sight of a crossbill,pine grosbeak, marsh-tit, jay, or great spotted wood-pecker. On one occasion we had an excellent opportunityof watching a small covey of willow-grouse, almost as purewhite as the snow upon which they were
. The birds of Siberia; a record of a naturalist's visits to the valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei . ally saw ravens andmagpies, the latter becoming more common as we travelledfarther north. In the open country we frequently cameacross small flocks of yellow-hammers on the roads, andnow and then a pair of bullfinches. In driving throughthe forest we occasionally caught sight of a crossbill,pine grosbeak, marsh-tit, jay, or great spotted wood-pecker. On one occasion we had an excellent opportunityof watching a small covey of willow-grouse, almost as purewhite as the snow upon which they were running. Inthe villages sparrows were common enough. At Vologda,we are under the impression that they were all the housesparrow. In the villages through which we passed afterthe first day they were certainly all tree sparrows. Upon our arrival at Archangel we were most hospitablyentertained by the British Consul, Mr. Charles were delighted once more to sit down to a gooddinner, to enjoy the luxury of a Russian bath after ourlong journey, and to have a good nights rest in acomfortable LITTLE STINT CHAPTER III. ARCHANGEL, The White City, Archangel—Decline of its Commerce—Cheapness ofLiving—Peter Kotzoff—Father Inokentia—The Samoyedes and theirSledges—Their Physical Characteristics —Samoyede Names of Birds—National Songs—Election of Samoyede Chiefs—Their Ignorance ofDoctors or Medicinal Plants—Piottuch—Birds—The Weather—HastyDeparture from Archangel. We spent nineteen days in Archangel completing thepreparations for our journey, and picking up what in-formation we could respecting the great river Petchora,and the routes thither. Everybody looked upon ourexpedition as a most formidable undertaking, but all wereanxious to give us every assistance in their power. Thereis an excellent German club in Archangel, and wedropped a few roubles in practising krasnoye po bielemou ARCHANGEL 15 and bieloye po krasnomou * with billiard-balls largeenough
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