CONTENTS 



CHAPTER FAGE 



I. The Book : an Apology i 



II. Cardinal : The Story of my First 

 Caged Bird .... 



III. Wells-next-the-Sea, where Wild 



Geese congregate . 



IV. Great Bird Gatherings 

 V. Birds in Authority . 



VI. A Wood by the Sea . 



VII. Friendship in Animals 



VIII. The Sacred Bird 



IX. A Tired Traveller (Turdus iliacus) 



X. White Duck .... 



XL An Impression of Axe Edge 



XII. Birds of the Peak 



XIII. The Ring-Ouzel as a Songster . 



XIV. Bird Music .... 



XV. In a Green Country in quest of 

 Rare Songsters 



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