viii CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAOK 



XVI. IN A HAMPSHIRE VILLAGE . .160 



XVII. THE FURZE-WREN OR FURZE- FAIRY . 169 



XVIII. BACK TO THE WEST COUNTRY . .178 



XIX. AVALON AND A BLACKBIRD . .185 



XX. THE LAKE VILLAGE . . .195 



XXI. THE MARSH WARBLER'S Music . . 203 



XXII. GOLDFINCHES AT RYME INTRINSICA . 215 



XXIII. THE IMMORTAL NIGHTINGALE . .231 



XXIV. THE CLERK AND THE LAST RAVENS . 251 

 XXV. THE TEMPLES OF THE HILLS . . 260 



XXVI. AUTUMN, 1912 . . . . 280 



XXVII. WILD WINGS : A FAREWELL . . 295 



INDEX . , . . . 313 



