INDEX. 



187 



Larder, A weasel's, 120 



" Leather-jackets " destroyed by starlings 



Lens, Importance of buying a good a 



, Telephoto, ami its uses, 7 



: , Possibility of photographing deer 



- . Pis-iibility of photographing horses 



with, llti 



, , and seals, 173 



Leverets, Photographing a pair of, lie 



Light emitted by glow-worm, 147 



Limpets above high water mark, 180 



Lizards as "sitters," 170 



Lobster, Attempts to photograph under 



water, 174 



London, The birds of, 50 

 Love-making of hares, 113 



Mammals, British, 113 



Men to assist in cliff work, 3 



Mice, Nests of, 132 



, their cunning and timidity, 131 



Mole, How a, caught beetles, 130 

 Moles, Great strength of, 128 



, How to catch alive, 121) 



.Inability to do without food for more 



than twelve hours, 131 

 , When they come to the surface of the 



ground, 129 

 Mollnsca on rocky shores, 178 



, Wandering habits ol, 179 



Moorhen, Curious noise made by a, 71 

 Moorhens How I caught a number of young, 



70. 



, How they hide their nests. 70 



Moth, Ermine, 140 



Moths, " Sugaring " for, 143 



, Suitable nights for " sugaring " for, 144 



that may be photographed by daylight 



Mourning period of a blackbird, 08 

 Mouse, A pet, 132 



, How I caught a, 131 



Music of frogs, ](>(> 



Mussel, Anchor threads of, 177 



Mussels in millions, 170 



Naturalist, Impression made upon, by great 



skua, 108 



Needle and thread stolen by a wren, 92 

 Nest, Great Tits inside, a thrush's, 91 



, Watching a bird build its, 04 



Nesting places, Curious, 89 

 Nests betrayed by male birds, 52 



, Helping birds to build their, 54 



, How moorhens hide their, 70 



, How to search for, 47 



in high hedges, How to photograph, 42 



in trees, How to examine interiors of, 41] 



in trees, Photographing, 40 



, " Mock," made by great skuas, 111 



of game birds, 52 



of ground-building birds, How to find, 52 

 of harvest mice, 132 



of predatory birds, 52 



Newts caught and lost, 102 



Noup of Noss a sea-fowl paradise, 103 



Nuts, Squirrels' fondness for 127 



Observation, Cultivating powers of, 40 

 Orkney and Shetland Islands rich in sea-bird 



Otters, Alertness of 



Parasites on birds and fish, 106 



Periwinkle feeding, 180 



Pheasant sitting on her nest whilst her eggs 

 were being stolen by a stoat, 119 



cfTNi/.i fox, 121 



Photographing a challinch and nest in a dark- 

 place, 82 



a humble bee asleep, 152 



a pair of Leverets, 110 



a pied blackbird feeding her young 08 



a small tortoise-shell butterfly, 13(5 



birds feeding their young, 72 



common rats, Dilticiilties of, 122 



tish in the water, 103 



fledglings, 83 



Hying birds, 3 



from boats, 44 



in cliffs, trees, &e., Necessary qualifica- 

 tions for, 20 



moving objects, 44 



nests in trees, 40 



the photographer at work, 30 

 wild birds at roost, 8 



with the camera in a coal-scuttle, 105 



Piano, Squirrel's love for sounds of a, 125| 



Plates, the best kinds to use, 



Play, Rabbits at, 117 



Pneumatic tubing and its uses, 4 



Preservation, Effect of, on great skuas, 111 



Preservers ol the great skua, 108 



Pultins, The fun of stalking, with a camera. 



101 

 Purple shells, Dye from, 179 



Rabbits at play, 117 



, How to attract them, 118 



, How to photograph them, 118 



Hat, common, Habits of, 122 



, Old British black, 122 



Rats, How their habitat is extended, 123 



Reason ws.s instinct, 20 



Reed Pheasant, 49 



Robin's nest, Accident to a, 58 



nest in a biscuit-box, 00 



nest in hand-basket, 89 



Rocky Shores, Mollusca upon, 178 



Romans as introducers of foreign animal-;. 1.7 



Rooks' nests, 93 



Rope, How to pay out to cliff descender, 31 



Ropes, Care of, in descending a cliff, 30 



, Importance of retaining hold of, 32 



used for descending cliffs, 20 

 Rubbish-heap, artiticial, Advice alMiut using, 



10 

 heap, artificial, How to make, for hiding 



in. 15 



Salmon breeding, Habits of, 180 

 Salt, A child's attempt to catch birds by 

 pinch'of, 91 



