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THE LETTERS OF RUSTICUS 

 ON NATURAL HISTORY. 



Hollovr, sandy Lanes. Birds' Nests. Wild Cat. Black 

 Grouse. Sand Martin. Honded Crow. Ring Ouzel. Mi- 

 gration of Birds. Screech Owl. Woodcock. Water Rail. 

 Eared Grebe. Moorhen. Titmouse. D.ibchick. Great 

 Northern Diver. Wild Swan. Singing of Swans. Fern Owl. 

 Furze Wren. Crossbill. Siskin. Lesser Redpole. Chaf- 

 finch. Blackcap. Nightingale. Trip to the Isle of Wight 

 — Freshwater Cliff's ; Multitude of Birds ; Colony of Cormo- 

 rants ; Passage through the Needles ; Lobster-pots ; Sea 

 Birds' Eggs ; Egg-collectors ; Eggs stolen by Gulls, and 

 how ; Eggs stolen by Ravens, and how ; Crab Race ; Ring 

 Dotterells and Purres ; Migration of Puffin. Lisects injtn-ious 

 to Vegetables. Hedgehog; hybernation of ; error in defend- 

 ing it as a herbivorous animal ; destroys Vipers, and is gene- 

 rally carnivorous. Longtailed Tit. Hare. Weasel hunts 

 Rats as well as Rabbits. 



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