CHAPTER II 



The Birds of the Months — Some Rare Birds and some 

 Common — January and the Fieldfare — February and the 

 Rook — March, April, May, with the Thrush, Swallow and 

 Nightingale — The Terrors of Migration — June and the 

 Ring-dove — A Wood-pigeon Problem — The Dotterel — 

 Evening Voices : The Night-jars — July and the Skylark — 

 August, September, with Grouse and Partridge — The 

 Ptarmigan — The old Cock-pheasant — November and the 

 Woodcock — December with its Robin and Wren 



