CONTENTS 



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BRITISH BIRDS: A GENERAL VIEW . *. . . i 7 

 BRITISH BIRDS: A PARTICULAR REVIEW . . . 17 

 THE FIRST SOUND EVER HEARD BY HUMAN EAR . 28 

 BACON'S PLAN OF A GARDEN. * , . ~ . . 29 

 GARDEN VERSES : I. THE FAWN IN THE GARDEN ; 



II. LIFE IN A GARDEN . . . . . . 40 



A BUMBLE-BEE'S PARADISE . . . . . . 43 



COWPER'S THREE TAME HARES . * . . . 44 

 THE HUNTED HARE. . . . . . . .53 



THE HALCYON, OR KINGFISHER . . . . .56 



ABOUT BATS .... . . . .. . 64 



ARIEL'S SONG . . . . . . . . . 70 



THE SPARROW . . 71 



THE SPARROW'S NEST . . . . . . . 79 



THE KESTREL AND THE SPARROWHAWK . . . 80 

 KING KESTREL : A BALLAD OF THE BIRDS . 89 



THE ECHOES OF SELBORNE . . . . . 91 



JOANNA'S ROCK - v . * . . . . . 95 



ECHOES AMONG THE ALPS DURING A THUNDERSTORM 



AT NIGHT . ^.. . . . . ;,.> . . 97 



THE ECHOES OF KILLARNEY .... . . . 98 



EARTHWORMS : THEIR VALUE TO VEGETATION . . 99 



FLY-FISHING FOR TROUT 101 



SHAKESPEARE'S DESCRIPTION OF A HORSE . . .110 

 FRAGRANCE: ITS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS . . .112 

 FOREST TREES : I. CHAUCER'S ; II. SPENSER'S ; III. 



COWPER'S 115 



