CONTENTS 



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 INTRODUCTION ........ 3 



I. SPRING BIRD LIFE 11 



II. EARLY BURN FISHING 35 



III. ON THE MOOR ........ 49 



IV. GULLS AND DIVERS 63 



V. THE NORTH SEA 79 



VI. MARINE MAMMALS AND PREDATORY FISHES . . 95 



VII. BAITS, AND SEA-FISHING 113 



VIII. SHETLAND MIDSUMMER 133 



IX. LOCH LEVEN AND LOCH TAY . . . . .149 



X. BY THE LOCH-SIDE 161 



XI. THE STAG . . . . . . . . .175 



XI r. AMONG THE BORDER STREAMS . . . . .191 



XIII. GROUSE AND PAETRIDGE ...... 210 



XIV. VERMIN 226 



XV. AUTUMN BIRD LIFE 241 



XVI. WILD FOWL ON AN ESTUARY WINTER . . . 264 



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