INDEX. 



Animals, Fancies taken by, 185 



Tameness of, on Sundays, 212 

 Anser albifrons, 204 

 Ardsheal, Fishing off, 96 

 Arran, Mortality of Sea-birds off Isle 



of, 235 



Asses, Wool on heads of young, 217 

 Avon, Effect of Kill-devil on the 



(Devonshire), 26 

 Fly-fishing on, 56 

 ,, Jack will take artificial bait 

 freely in (Hampshire), 20 



B. 



Babies, Down on forehead of, 217 

 Badger, Ineffectual attempt to poi- 

 son, 177 



Bait for Jays, 244 

 Baiting, for spinning, 12 

 Baits for sea-fishing, England, 73 

 Scotland, 74 



Bala, Kill-devil from, 23 

 " Barley-bird," 205 

 Barn-Owl, harmless as regards game, 



248 



Belt, 102 



Birds, fascinated by human eye, 182 

 Return of migratory, to same 



haunts, 194 



Plea for rare, 207211 

 Rarer, Visitors to Isle of 



Wight, 203 

 Bittern, 203 



Blackberries in winter, 151 



Black Viper, 172 



Boat-dress for wet weather, 100 



Bones, Fondness of cattle for, 178 



Bournemouth, Sea-birds found dead 



off, 235 



Brambles, Fishing off the, 98 

 Brambling, 204 

 Breeding-season, Influence of on 



birds, 154 



Brussels, Fish-ponds near, 38 

 " Bull-bird," 206 

 Bunting, Cirl, 204 



Snow, 204 

 Buntings, Visitation of, 197 

 Button, Covering for Rod, 5, 6 

 Buzzard, Death of, 192 

 Buzzards, Anecdote as to breeding 



of, 193 



C. 



Caledonian Canal, 117 

 Cap, Scatwell, 102 

 Cape, 99 

 Carp, Basking, 36 



Eels and JEschylus, 37 



How to catch, 33 



Increase of weight in, 40 



Large, 38 



Noises made at night by, 48 



spawn devoured by birds and 

 fish, 51 



,, Spawning of, 50 



taken with live minnow, 53 



Tame, 36 



