INDEX 



Ants, 177-80 



Birds' feeding " preserves," 38, 

 88, 156, 169 



songs, 46-7 

 Bird-watching, 32-40, 52-65, 



75-7 

 Bittern, the, 124-38 



courtship of, 131 



fight with fox, 137-8 



nest, 133 



Caterpillars, 201-2 



Dipper, the, 23, 67, 78-96 



breeding, 88 



food, 89 



habits, 83-6 



nest, 92-3 



song, 78-9 



Ephemerals, 22-5 



Evolution, puzzles of, 204, 215 



Fieldfares, 200-1, 214-15 



" Fouling " scent, 150-1, 163-5 



Fox, cub and partridge, 165 



fight with bitterns, 137-8 

 Fox-hunting, modern, 187-8 



Heron, the, 74-7, 107-10, 115- 

 23 



courtship, 107 



oil of, 113-14 



* training of young, 116-17, 

 J20-3 



Hibernation, 180, 202-3 

 Hunters and hunted, 147-8 



Inquisitiveness of animals, 

 147-8 



Kingfisher, the, 67-74 



training of young, 70-4 



winter habits of, 69 



Migrants, return of, 19-20, 



126, 130 



Migration, local, 212-13 

 Moorhen, tragedy of bird life, 



149-50 



Otter, the, winter habits of, 

 197-8 



Partridge, the, 139-196 



brooding, 146, 152-3 



courtship, 143-4 



feeding habits, 170, 175- 



80, 182, 184-5 



flight, 166-9 



nesting, 145, 167 



a poacher's trick, 169 



training young, 154-6, 160 



Rabbits, foes of, 162-3, 204 

 Redwings, 200-1, 214-15 

 Rook, the, 201 



Shooting, modern, 188-9 



over dogs, 170-3, 189-96 

 Skylark, 46-7 



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