CONTENTS 



PAOS 



Birds in a Village; 



I I 



II 6 



III i8 



IV 36 



V SO 



VI 73 



VII . . 86 



VIII 107 



IX 121 



X 148 



XI 153 



Exotic Birds for Britain 161 



Moor-Hens in Hyde Park 192 



The Eagle and the Canary 206 



Chanticleer 222 



In an Old Garden 243 



Birds in a Cornish Village: 



I. Taking Stock of the Birds . . . 265 



II. Do Starlings Pair for Life? 

 III. Village Birds in Winter 

 rv. Increasing Birds in Britain 



V. The Daw Sentiment . 

 VI. Story of a Jackdaw . 



vu 



275 

 287 



295 



305 

 316 



