CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



1. LIFE IN A PINE WOOD ..... 1 



2. HINTS TO ADDER-SEEKERS . . . .15 



3. BATS ....... 33 



4. BEAUTY OF THE Fox ..... 50 



5. A SENTIMENTALIST ON FOXES . . . .55 



6. THE DISCONTENTED SQUIRREL . . . .63 



7. MY NEIGHBOUR'S BIRD STORIES . . . .74 



8. THE TOAD AS TRAVELLER . . . .84 



9. THE HERON : A FEATHERED NOTABLE . . .93 



10. THE HERON AS A TABLE-BIRD . . . .106 



11. THE MOLE QUESTION . . . . .113 



12. CRISTIANO : A HORSE . . . . .119 



13. MARY'S LITTLE LAMB . . . . .123 



14. THE SERPENT'S TONGUE . . . . .134 



15. THE SERPENT'S STRANGENESS . . . .153 



16. THE BRUISED SERPENT . . . . .172 



17. THE SERPENT IN LITERATURE . . . .186 



18. WASPS ....... 210 



19. BEAUTIFUL HAWK-MOTHS . . . .217 



20. THE STRENUOUS MOLE ..... 225 



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