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The Naturalist's autumnal walk beautiful, and full of variety 

 The agai'ic its beauty and variety plentiful in Monmouth- 

 shire r-Beauties of the fungi race uncertain appearance of the 

 fungi mutations of the fungi Decomposition of plants Laurel 

 Holly two-fronted sphaeria Elm leaves Sycamore leaves 

 Bark of plants The nut Beech Odorous agaric Fragrant 

 agaric ' Stainer agaric' Stinking phallus Mode of propa- 

 gation Dispersion of the seeds of plants The turreted puff 

 Starry puff Morell Bell-shaped nidularia Food for mice 



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Quadrupeds The marten cat his capture well adapted for a 

 predatory life its skin The hedgehog its mode of life 

 always destroyed prejudices against Cruelty of man towards 

 animals hedgehogs formerly an article of food sensibility of 

 the spines The harvest mouse where found its character- 

 Increase and decrease of animals Migration of rats The 

 water shrew its residence and habits The common shrew 

 mouse The pale blue shrew The mole its actions cha- 

 racter abundance of easily discovers its food structure of 

 its body The hair and fur of animals flesh of the moles 

 killed by weazels <.-.* ;. . , Page 128 to 147 



Birds the Author's admiration of The rook The hedge-sparrow 

 contingencies of its life its song example of a domestic 

 character The willow wren her early appearance and depar- 

 ture her nest object of her migration Difficulty of 

 rearing young birds The golden-crested wren The linnet 

 their song and habits The bull-finch its character injurious 

 to trees preference of food no destroyer of insects The 

 robin its character always found The song of birds The 

 chaffinch beautifully feathered habits of the female country 

 epithets conduct in spring moisten their eggs in hot weather 

 Parish rewards for vermin The blue tomtit perishes in 

 winter mode of obtaining food . ^ Page 147 to 163 



The wiles and stratagems of birds Distinguished by voice Note 

 of the cole-mouse The long tailed titmouse their nests jour- 

 neys eggs labour to feed their young Winter food of birds 



