XII. THE ASH COPSE: The nightin- 

 gale Cloud of starlings 

 Hedgehogs. HERON'S MEAD : 

 Moorhens Among the reeds 231 



XIII. THE WARREN : Rabbit burrows 

 Ferrets The quarry. THE 

 FOREST : Squirrels Deer 

 Dying rabbit A hawk . . 247 



XIV. THE ROOKERY : Building nests 

 Young birds Rook-shoot- 

 ing Stealing rooks Antics 

 in the air Mode of flight 

 White rooks .... 263 



XV. ROOKS RETURNING TO ROOST: 

 Vast flocks Rook parliament 

 The two rook armies and 

 their routes Rook laws, tra- 

 ditions, and ancient history 

 "Throw" of timber Thieving 

 jackdaws . . . .280 



XVI. NOTES ON BIRDS : Nightingales 

 Chaffinches Migration 

 Packing Intermarriage 

 Peewits Crows Cuckoo's 

 flight Golden-crested wren . 294 



XVII. NOTES ON THE YEAR : The two . 

 natural eras Spiders The 



