CONTENTS. 



I. IN NATURE'S CONFIDENCE i 

 II. THE COMMERCIAL AND ECONOMIC VALUE OF 



BIRDS 9 



III. PLOVERS' EGGS 44 



IV. ROOKS AND ROOKERIES ..... 49 



V. CAMEOS OF WILD LIFE : 58 



A MOORLAND IN SPRING .... 58 



A FOREST HOTEL 61 



THE OLD GATEWAY A TRAGEDY . . 63 



HALF-HOURS BY THE BROOKSIDE . . 66 



IN THE CORN 68 



VI. AN APRIL RAMBLE 70 



VII. SUMMER DAYS 77 



VIII. THAMES SWANS -86 



IX. BIRD-LIFE IN NORTHERN AFRICA ... 92 

 X. NOTES ON TRISTRAM'S WARBLER . . .104 



XI. FEATHERED OUTCASTS 109 



XII. AMONG THE SEA-BIRDS AT THE FERNE ISLANDS 119 



XIII. MUSICAL ENTREES A PLEA . . . . 129 



XIV. A PLEA FOR THE SEA GULLS . . . .134 



XV. THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HEDGEROWS. . 140 



