x THE RING OF NATURE 



JULY I 



A NIGHT OUT 



PACK 



The long-winded night-jar The night bee Noctule 

 Pipistrelle Long-eared bat Water bat 'Flower-face' 

 A world of fancies Seeing with the nose Noises of 

 silence Fox and ducks Seen with the ears A lost 

 bird ? The magic gate Pale-cheeked dawn . . .147 



JULY II 



THE MYRMIDONS 



An ant in the wood What happens in a tree The 

 nest Swarming time The slave-queen's problem 

 Living on one's own eggs The origin of slave-making? 

 The ant is a bee A humble-bee's nest The arch 

 cuckoo A wasp's nest ....... 159 



AUGUST I 



IN THE SEA 



The wave formula Land, sea, and amphibious mol- 

 luscs The purple The anatomy of a whelk The 

 shell-boring Nassa ' Patella vulgaris ' The top and the 

 cowrie What is a barnacle ? The ancient Terebratula 

 The ammonite and belemnite The invisible prawn 

 Seaweed and ' seaweed' Fishes 174 



AUGUST II 



PLANTS ON THE MOVE 



A thistle-blow The pappus The half-pappus The 

 sliugers Catapults The screw of the stork's bill 

 Animal carriers The ubiquitous burr Their illimitable 

 journey The bird-stickers The fraud of ' fruit 'The 

 use of the ant Cows and elephants Flowers that do 

 their own planting Orchids 187 



