CONTENTS, 
CEP ERs le 
INTRODUCTORY ... Pa 2s fon EE 
CHAP TLE RYT: 
HAWKS AND OWLS. 
HAwks—Therir scarcity in Great Britain—A reign of terror 
—The Sparrow-hawk—The two sides of its character 
—The Kestrel—A guiltless sufferer—Mice and the 
Kestrel—General diet of the bird—A gruesome tale— 
Flight of the Kestrel—Its nest and eggs—OwLs— 
Their valuable character—The Barn-owl—“ Pellets” 
of rejected matter—Prévost-Paradol on the Barn-owl 
—Does the bird eat shrews ?—Facial discs of the Owl 
—Their true object--Talons of the Barn-owl—Self- 
acting muscles—Owl versus Dog—The seamy side of 
the Barn-owl’s character—The Long-eared Owl—Its 
diet—Its nest and eggs—The Short-eared Owl, and 
its value to the farmer—The Tawny Owl Its diet 
and general character... oe Bie as) Pace 
CHARTER Tif. 
THE NIGHTJAR AND THE SWALLOW. 
THE NIGHTJAR—Why persecuted—Great value of the 
bird—The Nightjar and the cockchafer—Mischievous 
powers of the latter—The entomologist and the Night- 
