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CONTENTS. 



ANGLING! PAGB 



Fishing-rods 252 



Fishing-lines 253 



Floats 253 



Keels 254 



Hooks 254 



Landing-net, Gaff, &c 255 



Common Baits and Ground Baits 255 



Ground Bait 257 



How a Fish is formed .... 258 

 The Stickleback, and how to 



catch him 253 



^ The Minnow 259 



^ The Bull-head 259 



The Loach, or Groundling . . 259 



The Bleak, or Blick 260 



The Gudgeon 260 



^The Dace 261 



,.The Roach 261 



'The Chub 261 



r The Carp 262 



'The Tench 262 



The Perch .263 



^The Ruffe, or Pope 264 



The Bream 264 



".- The Flounder 265 



x The Pike 265 



, The Barbel 268 



/The Eel 269 



Salt Water Angling 272 



Natural Fly Fishing 272 



Artificial Fly Fishing .... 274 

 Instructions for Artificial Fly 



making 274 



Artificial Flies 275 



Casting the Line 277 



Monthly Guide for Bottom 



Fishing 278 



Fishing Stations near London . 279 

 Tributary Streams of the Thames 280 

 A List of some of the most cele- 

 brated Rivers of England, 

 with the Fish which may be 

 found in them 281 



ANGLING (continued) : 

 Laws relative to Angling . 

 Hints for Anglers . . 



BRITISH SONG BIRDS: 



Bird-catching 285 



The Breeding Cage 288 



Linnets , 289 



The Blackcap 290 



The Bullfinch 292 



The Chaffinch 293 



The Goldfinch 294 



The Redpole 295 



The Redstart 296 



The Redbreast 297 



The Skylark 299 



The Titlark 300 



The Woodlark 301 



The Blackbird 302 



The Thrush 303 



The Canary 304 



The Nightingale 306 



Disorders of Caged Birds . . .308 



ENGLISH TALKING BIEDS . 

 PAEBOTS 



. 310 

 . 313 



DOMESTIC FOWLS: 



Common Fowls 315 



Game Fowls 315 



Dorking Fowls 315 



The Bantam 315 



Polish Fowls 316 



Malay Fowls 316 



Spanish Fowls 316 



Persian Fowls 316 



Cochin-China Fowls .... 316 

 How to choose Stock .... 317 

 How to feed Fowls 317 



PIGEONS: 

 The Stock Dove, or Wild Pigeon 320 



The Turtle Dove 320 



The Common Pigeon .... 321 



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