CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



The Birds of the Seasons— Some Birds of Passage — The Miracle 

 OF Migration —The Thrush — The Blackbird — What is the 

 Meaning of Singing? — The Swallow . . . Pp. ii — 43 



CHAPTER n 



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 Ringdove — 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 Pp. 45—89 



CHAPTER III 



The Rook — The Cuckoo — Lark and Woodlark — The Sparrow — 

 Plague of Birds . Pp. 91 — no 



