Index 



Saw fish, 292. 

 Scales, I S3. 

 Sea bass, 291, 292. 

 Short sunfish. 13. 

 Skates, 185. 

 Smolt, 240. 

 Torpedo, 11. 

 Trout, 294. 

 Uncommon fish, 7-13. 

 Weights, II, 13, 291. 



Folk-lore. 



Shagfoals, 255-258. 

 Various, 328. 



Fungi. 



Acrospeira mirabilis, 324. 



Agarics, 123. 



Books on, 149, 150, 318. 



Morels, 123. 



Number of species, 122. 



Peziza ochracea, 155. 



Plant parasites, 125. 



Spring fungi, 122-126. 



Stilbum, 324. 



Illustrations. 



Merciless yet Merciful, Frontispiece. 



The Angler Fish, 8. 



Partridges, 79- 



Death's Head Moth, no. 



Convolvulus Hawk Moth, 1 10. 



Larva of Puss Moth, 1 10. 



Puss Moth, no. 



Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly, no. 



Nest and Eggs of Lapwing, 134. 



Nest and Eggs of Moorhen, 134. 



A Promise of October, 159. 



Stag Beetle, 188. 



Nest of Montagu's Harrier, 188. 



BufiC Ermine Moths, 188. 



Larva of S. Ligustri, 188. 



Gulls of Twigmore Warren, ■ 200. 



Deep-Sea Plunder, 245. 



Chinese Fishing Methods, 258, 260. 



Capacity of Adder's Gullet, 268. 



Slow-worm and Young, 290. 



Mammals. 



Books on, 148, 230, 231, 321. 

 Dogs, 59-65, 155. 

 Dormouse, 23-25. 

 Elephant, 241. 

 Moles, 111-114, 239, 328. 

 New Zealand, 45. 

 Photography, 1 38- 1 43. 

 Rabbits, 202, 

 Study of, 251-254. 



Molluscs. 

 Snails in Winter, 25-35. 



Ornithology. 

 ISarriers to spread, 45. 

 Birds in Shakspear, 132-137, 214-220, 



278-284, 328, 329. 

 Bird song, 14-17, 73. 

 Books on, 233, 234, 236, 320, 322. 

 Coots, 49-51. 

 CorvidK, 277-284. 

 Dates of arrival, 189-196. 

 Dispersal, 45. 

 Feathers, 171-177. 

 Gulls, 199-202. 

 Little owl, 330. 

 Marsh Harrier, 329. 

 Migrations, 82, 83. 

 Moa, 45. 



Montagu's Harrier, 186-189. 

 Nesting, 171, 236, 325. 

 New Zealand, 45. 

 Norfolk Broads — 



Autumn, 272-278. 



Spring, II 4- 1 19. 



Summer, 205-213. 



Winter, 47-52. 

 Owl, 241. 

 Plover, 118. 



Protection Act, 151, 166. 

 Raptores, 214. 

 Red-shank, 116. 

 Reeves, 118. 

 Ruff, 118. 

 Shropshire, 53, 54. 

 Spring birds, II9-122. 

 .Starling, 272. 

 Swallow, 272, 273. 

 Swift, 45, 332. 

 Teal, 117. 

 Uppingham, 73. 

 Warblers, 273. 

 Wigeon, 116. 

 Wild duck, 274, 275. 

 Wildfowl, 293. 

 Wood-pigeon, 53. 

 Yellow wagtail, 115. 



Beptilia. 



Adder — 



Birth, 180, 181. 



Black variety, 155. 



Capacity of gullet, 266-269. 



Character, 17-19. 



Colour, 153, 267, 268. 



Food, 19. 



Li water, 4, 81, 82, 152, 153, 327. 



Sex distinction, 18. 



Swallowing young, 75, 76, 154, 261, 

 266, 268, 327. 

 Age, 104. 

 /Estivation, 22. 

 Books on, 148. 



