CHAPTER XII. PAGE 



The Bird and the Tree — ^Tree-lovers — ^Unusual perchers 

 — Swallows and pigeons in relation to trees — 

 Evolution of perching habit — Partridges and 

 snipe perching 128 



CHAPTER XIII. 

 The Artist and the Bird — ^Neglect in the past — ^Modern 

 artists. The work of Mr. A. Thorbtim — Colotir 

 and form in bird Ufe — Japanese bird portraiture 

 — ^The artistry of Nature — Reproduction of 

 colours in Nature 135 



CHAPTER XIV 

 Birds of the Poets. — Birds of Shakespeare, Byron, 

 Keats, Shelley and Bums. — Pre-eminence of 

 Dante, Wordsworth and Teimyson as ornitholo- 

 gists — ^The animism of Walt WTiitman. Francis 

 Thompson and John Masefield in relation to 144 

 birds 



CHAPTER XV. 

 Birds of the Bible. — ^Habits of birds as described in the 

 Old Testament. Domesticated birds — Cage 

 birds and bird-catching — Canon Tristram on 

 Birds of the Holy I^and — Swift, swallow and 

 cuckoo. Seers and prophets on ' ' IVIigration " — 

 Birds as sacred emblems 157 



CHAPTER XVI. 

 Fabulous Birds — Gr^'phon — Roc — Phoenix — ^Liver — 



Harpy 164 



PART II. 



Some Celebrated Haunts 



CHAPTER XVII 

 Birds of Shetland. — Cliffs and Moorland — Golden Plover 

 — Curlew and Whimbrel — Snipe — ^Ravens — 

 Carrion and Grey Crows — ^Divers — Red-necked 

 Phalarope — Mergansers — Foula — Varieties of 

 cUff and shore birds — Guillemots and Puffins, 

 Great Skuas and Terns — Cormorants and Shags 

 —The Tysti^-Great Black-backed GuUs, Oyster- 

 catchers, and Ringed Dotterel l66 



