CONTENTS. xi 



CHAPTER XXII. 



PAGE 



Calling for Landrails. Landrail Shamming Death. Yellow- 

 Under-wing Moth and Wasp. Dragon-Fly and Butter- 

 fly. Stink- horn Fungus. Sundew . 158 



CHAPTER XXIII. 

 Setting Night-Lines. An Encounter with Poachers ... 161 



CHAPTER XXIV. 

 Water Insects. Aquaria 165 



CHAPTER XXV. 



Making a Fern Case. Ferns. Harvest Mouse. Mole. 



Ladybird. Grasses 176 



CHAPTER XXVI. 

 The Life of a Fern . . . . . . , . 185 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



On the "W'ar-path." Rabbit- shooting. Flapper-shooting. 

 Duck-shooting. Wood-pigeons. Life in an Oak-tree. 

 Bury ing-beetles. Lace-wing Fly. Stag-beetle. Hair- 

 worm 194 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 



Purple Emperor. His taste for Carrion. Woodpecker. 

 Blue and Small Copper Butterflies. Buff-tip Moth. 

 Moths at Ivy. Strange-looking Caterpillars 202 



