CONTENTS 



I. Doves 



II. The Occupations of Animals 



III. Green Parrots . 



IV. The Tailor-Bird 

 V. Tails . 



VI. The King-Crow . 



VII. Concerning Cats 



VIII. A Little Nursery and its Occupants 



IX. The Survival of the Unfit 



X. Cock Robin's Murderer . 



XI. The Naturalist in a Railway Train 



XII. The Clowns of the Forest 



XIII. Master Impudence .... 



XIV. Kingfishers 



XV. The Blue Jay 



XVI. The Swarming of the White Ants . 



XVII. The Pharisee of the Jungle . 



XVIII. Flying Foxes 



XIX. The Hoopoe 



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