CONTENTS 



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I. HOMING OF SEA-SWALLOWS . . i 



II. A PECULIAR PEOPLE . . . 9 



III. RAIDS OF THE AMAZON ANTS . . 17 



IV. SOCIAL LIFE OF WASPS 24 

 V. THE CAWING OF ROOKS ... 32 



VI. CUCKOO PUZZLES 39 



VII. THE FROG'S YEAR .... 47 



VIII. THE EDUCABILITY OF A SNAIL . 55 



IX. THE CULT OF SHELLS . . , 62 



X. THE FITNESS OF RIGHT WHALES . 71 



XL THE INTERNAL ECONOMY OF THE 



SEA . . . . . . .80 



XII. SEA-MEADOWS >88 



XIII. FRANKINCENSE AND MYRRH . . 95 



XIV. COUNTRY SOUNDS . . . . 103 

 XV. THE FALL OF THE YEAR . . ... 1 1 1 



XVI. THE SURVIVAL OF THE OTTER r. 120 



XVII. MIDWINTER . . . . .127 



XVIIL THE MICROCOSM OF THE EGG . . 134 



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