CONTENTS 



JANUARY 



PAGE 



INDEPENDENT BIRDS . . ... . -I? 



THE BROWN EARTH . . . . 23 



THE UNSQUEAMISH BIRD . . . . .28 



THE HARDY MIDGE ...... 33 



FEBRUARY 



FAIR MAIDS OF FEBRUARY .... . -39 



THE ROOKERY . ^ i . . . . 44 



RESPECTABLE AND DISREPUTABLE RELATIVES . . 49 



TUNING UP . . . . . . . 54 



MARCH 



THE CUNNING OF TROUT . . . . 6l 



MARCH SUNSHINE ...... 67 



TOWN GULLS ....... 72 



MARCH HARES ...... 78 



