CONTENTS 



AUTUMN 



NO. PAGE 



XXI AUTUMN 137 



XXII THE MIGEATION OF BIRDS . . .144 



XXIII HOMING OF SEA-SWALLOWS . .158 



XXIV COUNTRY SOUNDS . . . .162 

 XXV THE FALL OF THE LEAF . . .166 



XXVI SEED -SCATTERING . . . .170 



XXVII AUTUMN FRUITS . . . .175 



XVIII AGAINST THE STREAM . . .181 



XXIX SHOWERS OF GOSSAMER . . 184 



XXX THE HORNED LIZARDS . . .188 



WINTER 

 XXXI WINTER ...... 195 



XXXII STORING FOR HARD TIMES . . .201 



XXXIII THE DEEP SEA 207 



XXXIV A PECULIAR PEOPLE .... 220 

 XXXV THE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE . . 227 



XXXVI A LIMB FOR A LIFE . . . .231 



XXXVII STRUGGLE AND MUTUAL AID . .236 



XXXVIII THE NATURALIST'S FOUR QUESTIONS . 241 



XXXIX THE WHITE WINTER COAT . . .245 



XL NATURAL HISTORY OF THE OTTER . 249 



