INDEX 



ACORN BARNACLES, 2JO. 



Adders, 296. 



Admiral butterflies, red, 167, 



I 77> *79; white, 167, 170. 

 Afterglow in summer, 22, 23. 

 Alder-flowers, IO. 

 Alfalfa, 261. 

 Alpine choughs, 151, 152, 



156. 

 Ants, summer flight of, 300, 



301. 

 Arnold, Matthew, quoted, 6, 



137- 



Ash-trees, 46, 307. 

 Aspltnium marinum, 47. 

 August, calendar of, 239-241. 



BAMPTON CLIFFS, 10. 



Barley, 260 ; wild, 255. 



Barnacle geese, 270. 



Barnacles, 269, 270. 



Bats, 97. 



Beanfields, 261. 



Bee-orchis, 111-112. 



Beeches, 47, 307. 



Bees, bumble, 183, 205 ; hive, 

 183, 184, 262, 278. 



Beetles, 10, 48, 183, 217-227 ; 

 water, 83. 



Bell-heather, 241, 292, 293. 



Bent-grass, 294. 



Bindweed. See Convolvulus. 



Bird hawk moth, 96. 



Bird's-foot trefoil, 107, 135. 



Birds, dangers to ground- 

 nests of, 50, 56 ; in summer 

 mood, 2, 32 ; learning to 

 fly, 141 ; migration of, 240, 

 288 ; moulting in July, 128 ; 

 on the riverside, 82-92 ; on 

 Norfolk Broads, 320 ; song 

 in June, 65-72 ; songlessness 

 in July, 4, 10, 26, 182-184; 

 summer liveries of, 313-319. 



Bittern, 93, 317. 



Blackberry, 18, 114. 



Blackbirds, 2, 25, 26, 141, 

 148, 181, 232, 233, 287; 

 song, 66, 67, 68, 69 ; young, 

 143, 3i8. 



