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WILD LIFE AT HOME. 



Sea-birds, and liow to stalk them with the 

 camera, 96 



birds breeding on the Fame Islands, 97 



Seals, Waiting in vain for, 173 



, Where they breed in Britain, 173 



Shag, Bitten by a, 38 



Photographing a, 36 



Shags, Boldness of, 21 



Shag's cry of distress, 37 



Sharks in British Waters, 172 



Sheep, Wild, 135 



Shrike, red-backed, on the defensive, S3 



Shrikes, Courtship of, 53 



Shutter, Importance of using a silent, 4 



, Very rapid, and its uses, 4 



Signals used by cliff climbers, 31 



Skua, Great, and its methods of attack, 10S 



, , and its preservers, 108 



, , and where it breeds, 108 



, , habit of moving its eggs, 111 



, , Speed of flight of, 110 



Skuas at Home, 107 



, Great, A protector of, 24 



Skylark, Actions of a, 73 



, How we photographed a, feeding her 



chicks, 73 



Sleeping-places of butterflies, 141 



Slides, dark, Advice about, 5 



Slugs as weather prophets, 157 



Snails, Edible, 156 



Sparrows, How we photographed, 94 



Spiders, How they catch flies, 160 



, How they build their webs, 157 



Spiders' webs covered with hoar frost, 161 



Squirrel, How we found the nest of a, 1-24 



Squirrel's horror of a ferret, 127 



love for piano sounds, 125 



Squirrels on the ground, 127 



Squirrel, young, How we reared a, 125 



Starfish and fishermen's bait, 176 



, How to distinguish a live from a dead 



one, 176 



Starlings, How we photographed a pair feed- 

 ing their young, 75 



, Industry of, 76 



Stoat climbing to a blackbird's nest, 119 



stealing eggs from beneath a sitting 



pheasant, 119 



St. Kilda a grand place for sea-birds, 100 



St. Kildans and their love of cliff climbing, 30 



Subject, A great and fascinating, 1S3 



" Sugar," How to prepare, for moths, 144 



"Sugaring" for moths, 143 



-, Suitable nights for, 144 



Swift exhausted lighting on fishing-boat at 

 night, 84 



Tameness of a long-tailed tit, : 

 Things to be remembered, 5 



Thrushes, A pair of, and their young, 64 

 Thrush, How we photographed a, feeding her 



Tit 



young, 64 

 , Bearded, 



Brooding habits of male, 51 

 How we found the nest of a, 49 



- family a bold one, 78 



- family, Curious nesting places of ineml>ers 

 of, 90 



- , Great, Curious habits of, 62 



- , - , killed on her nest by a cat, 63 



- , - , How we photograpl ed a, 90 



- -, Nest of a Great, inside a thrush's, 91 

 Tits, Capturing young Bearded, 86 



- , Bearded, as gymnasts, 86 



- , Long-tailed, Curious sleeping habits of, 

 80 



- , Long-tailed, How we photographed the, 

 80 



Toads, How to distinguish, from frogs, 166 

 Toad's winter quarters, 167 

 Tongue of a frog, 164 



Tracks of birds, How we photographed them 

 in the snow, 96 



- of wild creatures in the snow, 94 

 Tree, Hollow, and birds that bred in it, 61 



- trunk, artificial, Complete success of, 81 

 Trees, Photographing nests in, 40 i 

 Tree-trunk, How to make and use an artificial, 



for hiding in, 10 

 Tricks practised by hares, 114 

 Trout fascinated by artificial light, 168 



- , Habits of, 168 



- - , Instincts of, 169 



Urchins, Sea, 176 



Vole,' Water, How we photographed a, 124 

 , , The habits of, 123 



Wading bogs, Dangers of, 51 ' 

 Wandering habits of mollusca, 179 

 Wasps and their nests, 152 



as drunkards, 154 



as house-fly catchers, 153 



, Great vitality of, 154 



Weasels, Habits of, 120 



numerous near London, 1-20 



W T eather, Effect of, upon slugs, 157 

 Whale, Dead, 172 



, Spouting of, 172 



Whales and the noises they make, 170 

 Whimbrel's nest, How we found a, 48 

 Worms, Instinctive movements of, 128 

 Wren's nest in a coil of rope, 91 



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