CONTENTS 



JANUARY I 



WAKING AND SLEEPING 



PAGE 



The economy of sleep Mild winters the hardest The 

 harvesting hare The sleeping badger The southerning 

 bird Problems of insect-eaters A flittermouse abroad 

 Wasps and bees Sleeping butterflies Torpid reptiles 

 A newt's adventure And a newt Xenophon The 

 climate of colonists ....... 1 



JANUARY II 



THE SUN BEHIND 



Fog effects Invisible sparrows and flying"tread A 

 mistaken crow Unexpected colour The bullfinch's flag 

 And how he is caught A mesmerized jay ' Yarding' 

 deer The sun in strife Mouse and hawthorn berries 

 The pleasure of hunger What to eat in the open air 

 A week's fast .....*.. 14 



FEBRUARY I 



THE SQUIRREL 



The colour of winter The pine-wood squirrel Con- 

 ventional versus real A rough-and-tumble Dormouse 

 or rabbit? A mysterious sound Tree dogs A protean 

 creature The philosophy of thumbs How the squirrel 

 feeds Its manner of life Practical jokes ... 26 



