CONTENTS 



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I. THE BOOK: AN APOLOGY . . . i 



II. CARDINAL : THE STORY OF MY FIRST 



CAGED BIRD . . . . .12 



III. WELLS- NEXT-THE- SEA, WHERE WILD 



GEESE CONGREGATE . . - 25 



IV. GREAT BIRD GATHERINGS . . -34 

 V. BIRDS IN AUTHORITY .... 43 



VI. A WOOD BY THE SEA .... 56 



VII. FRIENDSHIP IN ANIMALS . . .66 



VIII. THE SACRED BIRD .... 85 



IX. A TIRED TRAVELLER (Turdus iliacus) . 95 



X. WHITE DUCK . . . . .104 



XI. AN IMPRESSION OF AXE EDGE . .117 



XII. BIRDS OF THE PEAK .... 125 



XIII. THE RING-OUZEL AS A SONGSTER . .133 



XIV. BIRD Music 141 



XV. IN A GREEN COUNTRY IN QUEST OF 



RARE SONGSTERS . . . .150 



