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CHAP. PAOK 



I. BIRDS AT THEIR BEST ..... 1 



II. BIRDS AND MAN ...... 37 



III. DAWS IN THE WEST COUNTRY . . . 58 



IV. EARLY SPRING IN SAVERNAKE FOREST . . 79 

 V. A WOOD WREN AT WELLS .... 101 



VI. THE SECRET OF THE WILLOW WREN . . 117 



VII. SECRET OP THE CHARM OP FLOWERS . . 133 



VIII. RAVENS IN SOMERSET ..... 159 



IX. OWLS IN A VILLAGE 173 



X. THE STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL SHELDRAKE . 187 



XI. GEESE : AN APPRECIATION AND A MEMORY . 199 

 XII. THE DARTFORD WARBLER . . . .222 



XIII. VERT VERT ; OR PARROT GOSSIP . . .249 



XIV. SOMETHING PRETTY IN A GLASS CASE . . 269 

 XV. SELBORNE 283 



INDEX 303 



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