INDEX. 



295 



Mind, Development of Chicks. 78 



, Experiments on Bird, 47 



Morality of Nature, 177 

 Moth, Angle Shade, 155 

 — — , Brimstone, 133 



, Emperor, 132 



, Lappet, 134 



, Plume, 136 



, Six-spot Burnet, 132 



— — , Swallow-tailed, 134 



, Tiger, 131 



Moths, 130 



, " Sugaring " for, 133 



that Resemble a Bird's Droppings, 



135 



Grass Seeds, 136 



Natural History, Delights of, 53 

 Nature and her Secrets, 68 



, Morality of, 177 



Nature's Children, Behaviour of, 1 

 Nesting Sites, Hereditary Kights in, 66 

 Nestlings and Notes, 193 

 Nests, Curious, of Song Tlirusli, 54 



of Birds in Odd Situations, 56 



Nightingale, 151, 179 



Singing in a i'og, 179 



Ouzel, Ring, 56 



, , Straiige Behaviour of a, 57 



Owl, Long-eared, Haunts of, 151 



, Short-eared, Nest of, 104 



, , Peculiar Flight of, 103 



, Tawny, and Bright Sunlight. 181 



Oyster-catcner, Acuteness of Hearins 

 of, 248 



and Feline Sounds, 251 



, Habits of, 256 



, Photographing an, 243 



Partridge, 53 



■ and Red Grouse Laying in Same 



Ne=t, 60 



• Nesting in a Target Pit. 62 



• under Plant Pot. 60 



, Red-legged or French, 60 



Partridges and Yellow Rattle, 271 



. French and English, using same 



Nest, 60 

 Phalarope, Red-necked, Habits of. 119 



, , How I Photographed, 120 



, ■ — -, Killed by Moorhen's Egg, 76 



■ , . Studying, 118 



Pheasants and their Chicks, 8 



Food, 270 



Photographing a Blackbird, 42 

 Common Gull, 258 



Merlin, 34 



• ■ Sparrow Hawk. 153 



■ Wood Wren, 160 



Oyster-catchers, 248 



■ Ringed Plover, 253 



under Difficulties, 162 



Photography and Circumstances. 42 

 Plover, Golden, Behaviour of a, 38 

 , , Cry of, 37 



, , Photographing a, 37 



, , Wariness of a, 41 



, Kinged, and Wooden Eggs. 52 



Plover, Ringed, Difficulty of Finding 



Nest of, 252 



, , Habits of, 256 



, , Photographing, 253 



, , Unneighbourly Conduct of a. 



260 

 Plumage of Cuckoos. 196 

 Primroses Photographed during First 



Moment of 20th Century, 88 

 Puffins and Rabbits, 234 



Rabbits and Puffins, 234 



Stoats, 80 



, Calling, 81 



Rail Water, Photographing a, 214 



, Shyness of, 214 



Rat Buried by Sexton Beetles, 144 



Caught by Limpet, 261 



Rats and Tuberculosis, 261 



tliat Live on Limpets, 261 



Razorbills, Wing Movements of, 228 

 Redsliank, Habits of, 185 



, Nest of, 187 



Redstarts, 164 



Redwings and Hedge Fruit, 263 



Robbery, Avian, 67 



Robin and Bath. 46 



Young Thrushes in her Nest, 



74 



, Appetite of a, 292 



■ Feeding Young of Song Thrush, 72 



Nesting in a Target Pit, 62 



, Suspicion of a, 47 



Rock, Artificial, for Hiding in, 22 

 Rooks and Sunday, 280 



Winter Scarcity, 279 



, Shyness of, 280 



Sandpiper and Stuffed Sheep, 14 

 Scotsmen, Idiosyncrasies of. 261 

 Seabirds and Cheese, 274 



■ • Hard Weather, 272 



, Cunning of, 276 



on the Thames, 273 



Sea Fowl and Fame Islands, 234 



, Beauty and Grace of, 224 



Shag, Diving Habits of, 242 



, Nervousness of Young, 242 



Soup, 242 



Sheep, Stuffed, 13 



, , and Sandpiper, 14 



, , Shepherd, 14 



Shrike, Red Backed, Feeding Habits of. 



170 

 , , Male Feeding Female. 



175 



, , Photographing, 170 



Skua, Arctic, Behaviour of an, 102 



, , How it Secures its Food, 97 



, , Photographing, 98 



Skylark, 6 



Skylarks, Education of Young, 7 



Snipe and Severe Frost, 272 



, Common, 266 



, Jack, 266 



Sparrow, Hedge, Sitting on Empty 



Nest, 168 



, Reed, 188 



, , and Dragon Fly, 194 



, , Habits of, 191 



