8 CONTENTS 



APRIL 



PAGE 



A SPRING TROUBLE . . . . . -85 



PLOVERS' EGGS ...... 90 



THE ROBIN'S COURTSHIP . . . . -95 



THE GREAT SCULPTOR IOO 



THE TOM-TITS AND THEIR BOX . . . . 107 



BIRDS IN THE GARDEN . . . . .112 



THE NESTING OF THE ROBIN ... . 117 



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 THE YOUNG DEER ...... 122 



JUNE 



THE FANCIES OF THE TROUT ..... 129 



A TERN COLONY ...... 134 



A SUMMER- DAY TRAGEDY . . . . r 39 



SOME BIRDS' NESTS ...... 144 



PUSSY HUNTING ...... 149 



JULY 



TROUT IN ISOLATED LOCHS . . . . -157 



THE BIRD OF THE BURNS ..... 162 



MIDGES ... . 167 



THE RED-DEER IN SUMMER .... 172 



FOXES OF THE HILLS . . . . . -177 



