CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. THE BUZZARD . . . .13 



II. THE KINGFISHER AND ITS HOME . 43 



III. THE BIRDS OF A NORTHERN LOCH . $8 



IV. THE VILLAGE THRUSH , . -78 

 V. THE EGGS ON TOP OF THE HILL . 88 



VI. THE NEST IN THE OLD OAK . . 97 



VII. THE NEST ON THE GREY CRAG . . IIO 



VIII. THE CRADLE IN THE REEDS . .121 



IX. THE LAKE IN THE VALLEY . .130 



X. THE HOME IN THE OLD STONE BRIDGE . 144 



XI. THE BIRDS OF COWSLIP CORNER . -153 



XII. BIRD-WATCHING .... l68 



INDEX . . . . .177 



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