x CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VI. 



PAGES 



The Goldfinch The Chaffinch The House-Sparrow The 

 Yellow- Hammer The Wry-Neck The Green Wood- 

 pecker The Great Spotted Woodpecker . . . 117-128 



CHAPTER VII. 



The Marsh Titmouse The Coal Titmouse The Long- 

 Tailed Titmouse The Great Titmouse The Blue Tit- 

 mouse 129-135 



CHAPTER VIII. 



The Rook The Jackdaw The Magpie and Jay The 

 Wood-Pigeon The Dotterel The Curlew The Spar- 

 row-Hawk The Kestrel Hawk - . . - ... . 136-156 



CHAPTER IX. 



The Barn-Owl The Brown or Tawny Owl The Nightjar . 1 57-165 



CHAPTER X. 

 THE REPTILES. 



The Lizards The Slow-Worm The Snakes The Frogs 

 The Toads The Newts ' ' "." ' . 



166-177 



CHAPTER XL 



THE FISHES. 

 Their Mental Intelligence and Powers of Movement . 



. 178-192 



CHAPTER XII. 



The Perch The Pope or Ruffe The Basse The River 



Bull-Head The Sticklebacks 193-203 



