XX CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER V. 



PAGE 



Rarer Birds visitors to the Isle of Wight Spoon-bill- 

 Red-necked Phalarope Bittern Gannet White- 

 fronted (Laughing) Goose Black Redstart Com- 

 mon Ditto Hoopoe Snow Bunting Girl Bunting 

 Brambling Merlin Hobby Grossbeak Wry- 

 neck Grasshopper Warbler Stone Curlew Dot- 

 terel Ring Dotterel and Ox-bird Grey Plover 

 Golden Plover Protest against killing rare Birds . 203 



CHAPTER VI. 



lameness of Animals on Sundays Anecdotes as to 

 Horses Spaniel Pomeranian Dog Note of Pee- 

 wit Grass scarified by Rooks Bareness at base of 

 Rook's bill Infants Young Asses Young Ele- 

 phants Lofty flight of Moorhens at night Land- 

 rail Quail Woodcock carries young from place 

 to place Snipe Squirrels Nuts and Nutshells on 

 Down Star on Hare's forehead Sparrows congre- 

 gating in hard weather 212 



CHAPTER VII. 



Singular effect of Storm Great discharge of Sap 

 from Trees Growth of Cedar of Lebanon of other 

 Trees Changes in Pond- weeds Soil collected at 

 mouths of Worm-holes Maggots from Sea- weed 

 Disease among Partridges Boy and Wasps 

 Midges Birds on Scotch Sea-lochs Herons in 

 Loch Duich Mortality among Sea-birds Skeletons 

 of Weasels in Ricks Rats 224 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Determination of Sparrow-hawk Boldness and voracity 

 of Stoat Jays bait for Flocks of Magpies Jays, 

 Magpies, &c. subject to fits Raven Cats Barn- 

 owls Kestrels Foxes 241 



NOTE. 



Pike choked by living Carp 256 



