CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGB 



I LIFE IN A PINE WOOD . . ... 1 



II HINTS TO ADDER-SEEKERS .... 15 



III BATS . . .... . . 33 



IV BEAUTY OF THE Fox 50 



V A SENTIMENTALIST ON FOXES ... 55 



VI THE DISCONTENTED SQUIRREL ... 63 



VII MY NEIGHBOUR'S BIRD STORIES ... 74 



VIII THE TOAD AS TRAVELLER .... 84 



IX THE HERON: A FEATHERED NOTABLE . 93 



X THE HERON AS A TABLE-BIRD . . . 106 



XI THE MOLE QUESTION ... . . 113 



XII CRISTIANO: A HORSE 119 



XIII MARY'S LITTLE LAMB . . . . . 123 



XIV THE SERPENT'S TONGUE .... 134 



XV THE SERPENT'S STRANGENESS . . . . 153 



XVI THE BRUISED SERPENT . . . . 172 



XVII THE SERPENT IN LITERATURE . . . 186 



XVIII WASPS . .210 



XIX BEAUTIFUL HAWK-MOTHS . . . 217 



XX THE STRENUOUS MOLE . . . 225 



XXI A FRIENDLY RAT 232 



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