CONTENTS. Vil 
WacTaAILts—The Yellow Wagtail—Nature of its food 
—THRUSHES—The Redwing—Its diet and value to 
the farmer—The Blackbird—Prévost-Paradol upon its 
food-—The Blackbird in the fruit-garden—Its value to 
i i Its want of com- 
mon sense—A feathered economist—The Thrush— 
Its fondness for snails —‘‘ Thrush-stones ”’—General 
diet of the bird—Nesting arrangements of the Thrush 
—The Fieldfare—FLycarcHers—The Spotted Fly- 
catcher—Its value to man—A working day of seven- 
teen hours—Nest of the Spotted Fiycatcher—The Pied 
Flycatcher—Its nest and eggs ... ae. ace 72 
CHAPTER AVE 
SHRIKES AND DAWS. 
SHRIKES—Their victims and curious larder —A tipsy 
Butcher-bird—The Red-backed Shrike—Its fondness 
for cockchafers— Domestic arrangements—DAaws— 
The Jay—Character of its diet—The Jay in the pre- 
serves— The Jay in the corn-fields—A fatal lure—Pro 
and con—Waterton on the Jay—Mingled courage and 
cowardice of the bird—Its nest and eggs—The Raven 
—Its task in the world —The Raven in days of old— 
Depredations of the bird—The scavengers of Nature— 
The evils of an unbridled tongue—Superstition and 
the Raven—Its nesting-places and domestic doings— 
The Carrion Crow—Its greatly-reduced numbers— 
Food of the Crow—A clever device—Waterton and 
the Crow—Character of the bird—The Hooded Crow 
—lIts mischievous doings—Feathered setters—Nest of 
the Hooded Crow—Undeserving sufferers ... page 91 
CHAP LER. Vil: 
THE ROOK AND HIS KIN. 
THE Rook—Persecution again—Wiser counsels prevail— 
Prévost-Paradol on the Rook—Its occasional mischief 
