CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. On Bikds generally, and the Report of 



THE Committee 1 



II. The Balance of Nature . . . . 13 



III. The Grouse Disease .... 25 



ly. Birds of Prey . . . ... .38 



y. The Eagle, the Buzzard, and the Hen- 

 harrier ...... 51 



yi. The Falcon 59 



yil. The Sparrow-Hawk, the Merlin, the 



Kestrel, and the Owl . . . 76 



yill. The Raven, the Crow, the Magpie, the 



Jay, and the Rook . . . . 84 



