INDEX 



Ants, 177-80 



Birds' feeding " preserves," 38, 

 88, 156, 159 



— songs, 46-7 

 Bird-watching, 32-40, 62-65, 



75-7 

 Bittern, the, 124-38 



— courtBhip of, 131 



— fight with fox, 137-8 



— neat, 133 



Caterpillars, 201-2 



Dipper, the, 23, 67, 78-96 



— breeding, 88 

 —- food, 89 



— habits, 83-6 



— nest, 92-3 

 — - song, 78-9 



Ephemerals, 22-5 



Evolution, puzzles of, 204, 215 



Fieldfares, 200-1, 214-15 



" Fouling " scent, 150-1, 163-5 



Fox, oub and partridge, 165 



— fight with bitterns, 137-8 

 Fox-hunting, modern, 187-8 



Heron, the, 74-7, 107-10, 115- 

 23 



— courtship, 107 



— oil of, 113-14 



,— training of young, 116-17, 

 120-3 



Hibernation, 180, 202-3 

 Hunters and hunted, 147-8 



Inquisitiveness of animals, 

 147-8 



Kingfisher, the, 67-74 



— training of young, 70-4 



— winter habits of, 69 



Migrants, return of, 19-20, 



126, 130 

 Migration, local, 212-13 

 Moorhen, tragedy of bird life, 



149-50 



Otter, the, winter habits of, 

 197-8 



Partridge, the, 139-196 



— brooding, 146, 152-3 



— courtship, 143-4 



— feeding habits, 170, 176- 



80, 182, 184-5 



— flight, 166-9 



— nesting, 145, 167 



— a poacher's trick, 169 



— training young, 164-6, 160 



Rabbits, foes of, 162-3. 204 

 Redwings, 200-1. 214-15 

 Rook, the, 201 



Shooting, modern, 188-9 



— over dogs, 170-3, 189-95 

 Skylark, 46-7 



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