. The birds of Siberia; a record of a naturalist's visits to the valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei . visited the opposite bank of the river—Imetre cote, as Piottuch called it. It was remarkablehow very few birds we saw. I twice came across a flockof bullfinches, all males, and shot three of them. I alsosaw and shot a solitary tit, very nearly allied to our marsh-tit. It is a greyer bird than ours, with the white cheeksmuch whiter, and the black hood extending much fartherdown the back. We also saw footmarks of hares, andfound several snares set by the peasants to catch next day we v
. The birds of Siberia; a record of a naturalist's visits to the valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei . visited the opposite bank of the river—Imetre cote, as Piottuch called it. It was remarkablehow very few birds we saw. I twice came across a flockof bullfinches, all males, and shot three of them. I alsosaw and shot a solitary tit, very nearly allied to our marsh-tit. It is a greyer bird than ours, with the white cheeksmuch whiter, and the black hood extending much fartherdown the back. We also saw footmarks of hares, andfound several snares set by the peasants to catch next day we visited the same ground again. Wedid not see a single bullfinch, but caught a glimpse of asmall spotted woodpecker. We crossed over to thebanks of the Zylma, but the birch woods there producednothing but a solitary marsh-tit, which I shot. Thewoods round Ust-Zylma seemed to be absolutely emptyof bird life. Our first eight days had produced only ninespecies of birds. During the following ten days weincreased our list by only three birds—the bullfinch, theSiberian jay, and the Siberian LASSOING REINDEKR CHAPTER VII. THE SAMOYEDES. Trip to Habariki—Samoyedes—Lassoing Reindeer—Dogs of the Natives— Samoyede Sledges—Reindeer Harness—The Chooms — SamoyedeHospitaUty—Marriage Ceremonies—Funeral Rites—Religion. It was quite obvious that we should make little or noprogress in our ornithological researches until summercame. We accordingly laid ourselves out to pick upfurther information about the Samoyedes, so that ourtime might not be absolutely wasted. We had not yetvisited any of their chooms, or tents, and we were gladto learn from Captain Engel that there were several inthe neighbourhood of Habariki. On Thursday morning,April 29, we sledged over to that village, a distanceof forty versts. The road was about two-thirds on thePetchora, and the remaining third across country, 56 THE SAMOYEDES principally islands. It was so good that we accomplishedthe d
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