CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. DESCRIPTION OF THE SOMERSET 



HILLS . . . . . .11 



II. BIRDS THAT LIVE AROUND HOUSES. 15 



III. BIRDS THAT LIVE IN THE FIELDS . 21 



IV. BIRDS THAT HAUNT CULTIVATED 



LOCATIONS 25 



V. BIRDS TO BE FOUND NEAR WATER 



OR MARSHES .... 48 



VI. BIRDS THAT LIVE IN THE WOODS . 60 



VII. BIRDS THAT LIVE IN THE AIR . . 72 



VIII. A SCORE OF RARE BIRDS . . 83 



IX. THE INCREASE AND DECREASE OF 



BIRDS ...... 101 



X. MY BEST DAY'S RECORD . . . 105 

 XI. CALENDAR OF BIRD MIGRATION . no 

 PART I. EARLIEST SPRING RECORDS . no 

 II. LATEST FALL RECORDS . 115 

 III. MONTHLY RECORDS . . 118 

 XII. TERMS USED TO DENOTE THE ABUN- 

 DANCE OR RARITY OF BIRDS . 128 



XIII. COMPLETE LIST OF BIRDS OBSERVED 



IN THE SOMERSET HILLS . 133 



XIV. THE HORRORS OF THE TAKING OF 



AIGRETTES . . . . 151 



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