Contents 
PREFACE. 
CHAPTER’ I 
WINTER AND THE ROBINS, AND HOW A PAIR MADE 
A CURIOUS MISTAKE 
CHAPTER It 
EARLY SPRING: THE LAST WEEK IN MARCH 
CHAPTER? Hi 
FIRST WEEK IN APRIL 
CHAPTER IV 
Mip-APRIL 
CHAPTER. V 
AN OFF DAY—END OF APRIL 
CHAPTER VI 
IN AN OLD DESERTED GARDEN—MIDDLE OF MAY 
CHAPTER: VII 
A VISIT TO POCHARD ISLAND-—LAST WEEK IN MAY 
CHAPTER Vit 
A FIELD DAY AMONGST THE WOODLAND BIRDS— 
EARLY Hebei LAST EXCURSION FOR THE 
SEASON 
EGGS OF THE BIRDS ‘DESCRIBED . 
SYNOPSIS AND ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF THE BIRDS 
DESCRIBED IN THIS PART OF THE WORK. 
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