CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. BATS 1 



II. THE BANK VOLE 24 



III. TWO COMMON BIRDS .... 45 



IV. SHREWS 71 



V. TOADS AND FROGS .... 95 



VI. THE LONG-TAILED FIELD MOUSE . . 118 



VII. 'THE LITTLE GENTLEMAN IN THE BLACK 



VELVET COAT' . . . .143 



VIII. THIEVES OF THE NIGHT . . .166 



IX. SOME GARDEN BIRDS . . . .192 



X. THE HEDGEHOG 214 



XI. THREE COMMON REPTILES . . .239 



XII. THE SHORT-TAILED FIELD VOLE 260 



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