CONTENTS. 



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Author's Note n 



Foreword by Gene Stratton-Porter 13 



Introduction by W. Percival Westell 15^ 



Part I. 



Birds of Lewis, Hebrides 19 



Occurrences of Rare Birds 22 



Wild Fowl Shooting ... 27 



Bird Life on the Fame Islands 31 



Among the Sea Birds 37 



A Night of Wild Fowling 46 



A Few Comments on the Sport 50 



How I Became a Naturalist 51 



Bird Migration 59 



Bird Migration from America to Europe 66 



Autumn Migrants 76 



The Power of Flight Possessed by Birds 78 



Comparative Energy in Birds 87 



Faculties of Vision in Birds 88 



Bird Characteristics Architecturally 99 



Peculiarities of Birds 105 



Birds of Leicestershire no 



Distinction Between Man and Lower Animals 120 



Faculties of Birds Generally 122 



The Sense of Hearing 124 



Formation of Birds 127 



Footless Birds 129 



Birds whose Feet and Legs are Strongly in Evidence ... 132 



The Superiority of the Female in Natural History ... 136 



Fowling Reminiscences 139 



A Memorable Adventure 143 



Holiday at Wild Fowling 146 



Part II. 



Eve of Xmas 149 



The Little Auk (Mergulus Alle) 153 



The Turnstone (Strepsilas Interpres) 154 



The Golden-Eye (Glangula Vulgaris) 156 



The Common Shoveller (Anas Aypeata) 157 



The Common Pintail (Dafila Acuta) 158 



The Knot (Tringa Canutus) 159 



Richardson's Skua (Lestris Richardsonii) 161 



The Common Skua (Anas Crecca) and Twist-tailed Skua 162 



