CONTENTS 



First Comers i 



March 9 



Early Nests 10 



Birds of Prey 18 



The Great Migration 29 



The Builders 45 



April 58 



Moorland Birds 59 



Nights on the Water 75 



The Cuckoo 81 



The Full Chorus 91 



'Procreant Cradles' . . . . . .104 



The Heart of the Copse 118 



Sea-cliffs in Nesting Time . . . . -130 



May 146 



Swallows and Swifts ...... 147 



The Lonelier Hours 158 



June . . 171 



Dancers of the Ground 172 



Songs and Music 179 



Along the River 187 



Learning to Fly 199 



July 215 



Dying Music 216 



