CONTENTS 

 MAY 



May's Anodyne page 59 



Flowers and Song 61 



Voice of the Turtle 63 



In the Coverts 64 



Night Birds 65 



Swallow-Time 67 



Chatterboxes 68 



A Ferocious Commoner 69 



JUNE 



Bird Notes 73 



Attar of Hay 76 



Down the Lane 78 



Moths 79 



Tree Birds 79 



Water Sprites 82 



To the West 83 



JULY 



The Dog-Days 87 



Meadowland 90 



In Shadiest Covert 91 



Over the Hills 92 



Hedgerow Pictures 93 



Young Things 94 



The Moat 97 



Children of Light 97 



AUGUST 



Matins and Evensong, 101 



Harvest Tide 103 



Muir Fowl 105 



