CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Preface ^' 



Publishers' Note vii 



Contents '•'^ 



lutroductioii -^iii 



CllAl'TKKS. 



I. — The Mysteries of Migration (\[)tk MarcUj 1 



II.— Geese (-IMh March) 5 



III.— Duck (Ind April) !> 



IV.— Snipe (dth April) 1:5 



V— \fooi\cock (I6th April) 17 



VI,— Rooks and Crows (2Brd JpriJ) 21 



VII.— The Crow's Cousins (ZOth April) 25 



VHl.— Some Shaugliai Singing Birds f7f/( -l/'f?^; 29 



IX. — Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns (I Ifh ^[ay) 33 



X.— Cuckoos (2ld M'lyj 37 



XI.— Nests and Nestlings (Z8th May) 41 



XII. — Flycatchers (ith June) 46 



XIII.— The Kingfishers (IWi June) 50 



XIV. — Orioles and Rollei's ('1 8t/i Jmticj 54 



XV.— The Finches (25th June) 58 



XVI.— The Tit Family (2nd July) 62 



XVII.— Woodpeckers (9th July) 66 



XVIII. — Pigeons, Doves and Sand-Grouse (16fh July ) 70 



XIX. — Swallows, Martins, Swifts, and Night-Jars (23rd July) . . 74 



XX.— The Shrikes (ZOth July) 78 



XXL— Mynas, Starlings, etc. ('et/i .1 !((/((.-■/; 82 



XXII.— Plovers (13th August) 86 



XXIII.— Plovers and Sandpipers (20th AiKjust) 90 



XXIV.— Curlews, Whimbrels (27th Aunust) 95 



XXV.— Bustards, Rails, ecc. (3rd September) 99 



XXVI.— Quails flOf/i Sci^fember; 103 



XXVII.— Partridges (llth Septemher) ]«>7 



XXVIII.— Pheasants f24f?i SeptoiiberJ lU 



XXIX.— Pheasants. (Continued) (1st October) 115 



XXX.—Pheasants. {Concluded) (8th October) 119 



XXXI.— Gulls (15«?i, October; 123 



XXXII.— Terns (22nd October) 127 



XXXIII.— Cormorants and Pelicans ('29f/i, 0'-(ober; 132 



XXXIV.— The Ibis and Crane f5</(. i^^owmber; 137 



XXXV.— Wagtails and Buntings fl2«/i Novembo; ....... 141 



XXXVI.— Autumn Migrants (Wth November) 145 



