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Title: Travels of a naturalist in northern Europe, Norway, 1871, Archangel, 1872, Petchora, 1875
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Harvie-Brown, J. A. (John Alexander), 1844-1916
Subjects: Birds -- Europe, Northern Europe, Northern -- Description and travel Valdres (Norway) -- Description and travel
Publisher: London, T. F. Unwin

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cted hard. At Ust Zylma they found the Rustic and the LittleBunting, and on the islands the Yellow-breasted Bunting.On small rivers, which run into the Petchora between UstZylma and Kuja (or the delta), they found a bird whichRichter calls Evolga, breeding in willow thickets highup in bushes or willows— some red and some yellow—•about the size of a small thrush; longer and narrower thana thrush, but otherwise resembling them. It is rare, onlyfound on the Petchora; never seen at Archangel. Thenest is like a thrushs.* All the islands are good for Kuleeki (i.e., Terek Sand-pipers), wherever small rivers run in and small bushesor trees grow. Swans breed in the interior of the islands,out of the track of the boats, in shallow marshes. AlsoCranes are common. Richter lost his vessel once at Varandai, and in conse-quence it took him a month to reach Kuja from that;but if we get Sidoroffs steamer the run can be accom-plished in a short time. - We never could hear about this Evolga— I!.
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t) o H w H O P ETC MORA 247 At Varandai,Kichter saw small Black Geese, the youngunable to fly, and the old moulting and also unable to fly. April 6, On Tuesday, the 6th of April, we concluded our pre-parations, including the purchase of a second sledge, andleft Archangel at ten oclock at night. The Birses, HerrHolla, and Franz Franzovitch Craemers accompanied us8 versts to the first village, where we had tea. Songswere sung, and at 1 a.m. we bade adieu to our kindfriends. April 7. On Wednesday, the 7th of April, between Kosgogorskaiaand Cholmogory, we saw two flocks of Snow Buntings,and before reaching the next station, Ust Pinegskaia, wesaw another large flock and killed two birds out of it withmy stick-gun. The road after Ust Pinegskaia passes through forestsand along the frozen Pinega river for some distance. Theriver banks rise about twenty feet above the water, andboth sides are clothed with forest consisting of sprucefir and pine—the former here predominating—mingledwith lar

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