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CONTENTS. 



FIELD-NOTES FOR THE YEAR CONTINUED. 

 CHAPTER XXI. 



OCTOBER PART I. 



Migration of Birds Quails Arrival of Wild-geese White- 

 fronted Goose Arrival of Wild-swans ; decrease of Feast- 

 ings of our Ancestors Food of Ducks, etc. Field-mice 

 Eoe feeding Hawks Peregrine and Wild -duck Train- 

 ing of Hawks Migration of Eagles . . . Page 1 



CHAPTER XXII. 



OCTOBER PART II. 



A SEA-SIDE WALK IN OCTOBER. 



Beauty of a fine October morning Departure and arrival of 

 Birds A walk along the Coast The Goosander Golden- 

 eye and Morillon Plovers Widgeon; habits of in feed- 

 ing ; occasionally breed in Scotland Sands of the Bay 

 Flounders Herons Curlews, Peewits, etc. Oyster-birds 

 Mussel - scarps Sea View Long - tails Mallards 

 Velvet Ducks ; mode of feeding Rabbits and Foxes 

 Formation of the Sandhills ; remains of antiquity 

 found in them Seals Salmon -fishers Old Man catching 

 Flounders Swans Unauthorised Fox-chase Black Game 

 Roe ;.' . . 17 



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