. Siberia in Europa: Visita alla valle della Petchora, nella Russia nord-orientale; Con le descrizioni della storia naturale, migrazione di uccelli, ecc . dispatch himched in una volta con- una trappola al nido per cercare di catturare il cigno.quel giorno abbiamo anche comprato due uova cigni molto piccole, più piccolo di quelli del cigno selvatico ordinario^ da un pescatore. Hetold noi che il suo compagno aveva la pelle dell'uccello genitore, che aveva catturato al nido. L'accampamento di pesca da cui è venuto era più in basso lungo il fiume, su un isolano di fronte alla frazione di Stanavialachta. Non si poteva pensare che questa fosse una storia composta, per l'uomo
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. Siberia in Europe: a visit to the valley of the Petchora, in north-east Russia; with descriptions of the natural history, migration of birds, etc . despatched himat once with- a trap to the nest to try and catch the swan.That day we also bought two very small swans eggs, smallerthan those of the ordinary wild swan^ from a fisherman. Hetold us that his mate had the skin of the parent bird, whichhe had caught at the nest. The fishing encampment fromwhich he came was lower down the river, on an islandopposite the hamlet of Stanavialachta. We could notthink this was a made-up story, for the man could not haveheard of the reward we had offered for eggs accompaniedwith the captured parent bird, as we were the first to speak CHAP. XVII. SWANS NEST. 197 to him on his airival. We therefore at once determinedthat if we did not discover Bewicks swan in the neighbour-hood of Alexievka, we would make an excursion to Stanavia-.lachta for the express purpose of obtaining the head andskin of the bird whose eggs we had just bought. The following day our Samoyede returned from his futileexcursion in quest of the swan. He had failed to secure her.. A swans nest. From the appearance of the trap it seemed as if the swanhad shufled up to her nest on her belly, after the manner of adiver, for the trap had gone off and only secured a few breastfeathers. Simeon set off on a second expedition. The firsttime the nest had been discovered the eggs were exposed toview, this time they were carefully covered with down. Simeon 198 SIBERIA IN EUROPE. chap. xvii. now reset the trap, this time laying it over the eggs, andcarefully concealing it with the down. His hope was thatthe bird would remove the down with her beak and be snaredby the neck. On the morrow he came back to us, however, with the four eggs and no swan; she had never returned, having apparently forsaken her nest, as we had feared shewould. Simeon brought with him four ducks nests, but thedown was all mixed and the find was therefore va
