CONTENTS. 





CHAPTER PAGE 



INTRODUCTION ... ... 7 



I. MAMMALS. THE WATER-SHREW, THE OTTER, 



AND THE WATER-VOLE n 



II. AQUATIC BIRDS. RAPACES, DIPPER, KING- 

 FISHER, TITS, AND WAGTAILS 24 



III. A RAMBLE AMONG THE MARSH BIRDS OF 



SUSSEX ... 48 



IV. AQUATIC AND MARSH BIRDS. HERONS, 



PLOVERS, STORKS, SANDPIPERS, SNIPES, 

 RAILS, DIVERS, GREBES, GEESE, DUCKS... 62 



V. AMPHIBIA. FROGS, TOADS, AND NEWTS ... 120 

 VI. FRESH-WATER FISHES 129 



VII. SOME OF THE TYPICAL RIVERS AND THEIR 



FISHERIES 1^8 



