VI 



CONTENTS. 



Page 



Father Walton. The Com- 

 plete Angler. Music of Birds. 

 Commendations of Walton. 

 Grave of Walton. 



Caterpillars. . . 98 



Charms of Spring. Honest 

 Anglers. 



The Swallow . 1 02 



Swallows fed by hand. Utility 

 of the Swallow. 



Effects of preserving Game 107 

 Excess of smaller Vermin. 

 Ant-Bears. 



Love to Man in Animals 112 

 Tameness in a Ring -Dove. 

 Affection in a Lamb ; in an 

 Arabian Horse ; in Dogs ; in 

 Cats. Affection to Home in 

 Cats. 



Flight of Sea Birds . 127 



Birds of the Galapagos Is- 

 lands. Birds of Australia. 

 Halcyon. Talegalla. Tale- 

 galla Lathami. Leipoa Ocel- 

 lata. Mounds formed for the 

 Deposition of Eggs. Jungle- 

 Fowl. Bower-Birds. Spotted 

 Bower-Bird. 



Peculiar Sounds of Animals 1 50 

 Scent. Foxes. Mole. Gui- 

 nea-Pig. Rats. The Queen 

 Bee. The Corn-Crake. 



Local Faunas . 162 



Magpies assemble to roost. 



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Curious varieties of Birds. 

 Birds in Somersetshire. Birds 

 in Suffolk. TimeofNidifica- 

 tion of some of our British 

 Birds in Suffolk. 



Dick Rook ; a Sketch from 

 the Life . 172 



Instinctive fear in Animals 201 

 Uncommon Spider. Gazelle. 

 Otters. Hare defends its 

 young. Stoat. Mouse. 



The Magpie * . 209 



Two varieties of Magpie, the 

 Tree and the Bush. Magpie- 

 Hawking. Jackdaws. Mag- 

 pie-Hoards. 



Queen-Trees in Windsor 

 Forest . 216 



A Woodman's Lodge. En- 

 glish Scenery. Queen Char- 

 lotte's Oak. Union of Oak 

 and Beech. Forest Scenery. 



Faculties of Animals 222 



The Cat. Newfoundland Dog. 

 Rat. Squirrel. Cow. The 

 Fox. Love of Offspring. Re- 

 flections. 



The Beauty of the Creation 229 

 Spring. Music of the Grove 235 



Love of Gardens 246 



Pope's Garden. Sir W. Stan- 

 hope's Garden. Cottage Gar- 

 dens. Cottage Orchard. A 



