CONTENTS 



CHAP. 



I. Birds at their Best 

 II. Birds and Man .... 



III. Daws in the West Country . 



IV. Early Spring in Savernake Forest 

 V. A Wood Wren at Wells 



VI. The Secret of the Willow Wren 



VII. Secret of the Charm of Flowers 



VIII. Kavens in Somerset 



IX. Owls in a Village 



X. The Strange and Beautiful Sheldrake 



XI. Geese : an Appreciation and a Memory 



XII. The Dartford Warbler 



XIII. Vert — Vert ; or Parrot Gossip 



XIV. Something Pretty in a Glass Case 

 XV. Sblborne ..... 



Index ...... 



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