INDEX 



B 



Binoculars, 169 



Birdland, 15, 98, 170 



BIRDS OF COWSLIP CORNER, 

 THE, 153 



BIRDS OF A NORTHERN LOCH, 

 THE, 58 



Birds and patience, 168 



BIRD- WATCH ING, 1 68 



Bird- watching by stream, 174 



Blackbird, 130, 164 

 nest of, 99 

 song of, 167 



Blackcap, the, 159 



and Garden-War- 

 bler, 160 



and Nightingale, 161 

 building nest, 160 

 building dummy 



nest, 125 

 song of, 160 



Bullfinch hedge, a, 154 



BUZZARD, THE, 13 



Buzzard, the, 172 



and young, 22 

 attacking man, 34 

 building of the nest, 



24 



courting of, 19 

 disappearance of 



young, 36 



Buzzard, favourite site of nest, 



29 



home of, 13 

 in winter, 41 

 laying of the eggs, 



3i 



nest, a landmark, 27 

 nest, lining of, 32 

 nest, on mountain, 26 

 nest, night at, 39 

 nest, typical, 28 

 note of, 33 

 young eating rabbit, 



40 

 young, energy of, 35 



Chiltern Hills, the, 80 

 Coot, the, 44 



and little Grebe, 141 



attacking Grebe, 135 

 Cowslip Corner, song in, 165 

 Cowslips, 153 

 CRADLE IN THE REEDS, THE, 



121 

 Crow and Blackbird, 100 



and Herring Gull, 67 



and Skylark, 101 



and Thrush, 106 



and Weasel, 104 



building nest, 107 



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