CONTENTS 



MOB 



THE LONE SWALLOWS I 



LADY DAY IN DEVON 8 



THE INCOMING OF SUMMER 14 



HAUNT OF THE EVEJAR 30 



A DESERTED QUARRY IN FEBRUARY 39 



VIGNETTES OF NATURE (i) 4! 



VIGNETTES OF NATURE (11) 43 



HAWK NOTES 46 



PROPHET BIRDS 50 



A BIRD MYSTIC 53 



SAMARITANS 57 



SPORTSMEN OF THE RUBBISH-HEAPS 60 



RUNAWAYS 65 

 LONDON CHILDREN AND WILD FLOWERS 68 



MEADOW GRASSES 82 



TIGER'S TEETH 96 



THE OUTLAW Il6 



PEREGRINES IN LOVE 130 



MIDSUMMER NIGHT 136 



A FEATHERED WASTER 145 

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