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cation Druids of Gaul Ancient and modern virtues Dyers' weed- 

 value uses cultivation yellow color most permanent and common 

 Brimstone butterfly Day's eye Dandelion Singular appearance of a 

 grass Brambles insect path on the leaves uses of the bramble Maple 

 tree an early autumn beau fashion followed by others maple wood a 

 beautiful microscopic object medicinal properties leaves punctured by 

 insects' Traveller's joy grows in limestone soils by preference uses 

 pores of the wood in the microscope Vessels of plants uninjured by dry 

 seasons Seeds of the Clematis Page 58 83 



Naturalist's autumnal walk beautiful, and full of variety Agaric 

 beauty and variety plentiful in Monmouthshire Agaricus fimi putris 

 Verdigris agaric Fungi very uncertain in their growth Flower-formed 

 hydnum Mitred helvella Gray puff ball Fingered clavaria Agarics, 

 to be understood, observed in all stages of growth Perishable nature of 

 created things Parasitic fungi laurel holly two-fronted splia-ria elm 

 leaves sycamore leaves bark of plants the nut beech Odorous agaric 

 "Fragment agaric 'Stainer' agaric Stinking phallus Mode of propa- 

 gation Turreted puff Starry puff Morell Bell-shaped nidularia Food 

 for mice * 8395 



Marten cat his capture well adapted for a predatory life its skin Hedge- 

 hog mode of life always destroyed prejudices against cruelty of man 

 an article of food sensibility of the spines Harvest mouse where 

 found character Increase and decrease of animals Migration of rats 

 Water shrew its residence and habits common shrew mouse Pale 

 blue shrew Mole his actions character abundance of easily discovers 

 his food structure of his body fur and hair of animals flesh of the 

 moles killed by weasels 95 108 



Birds admiration of The hedge sparrow contingencies of its life song 

 example of a domestic character Willow-wren early appearance 

 and departure nest object of her migration Difficulty of rearing young 

 birds Golden-crested wren Linnet their song habits Bullfinch- 

 character injurious to trees preference of food no destroyer of insects 

 Robin character always found Song of birds motives obscure 

 Chaffinch beautifully feathered female, her habits country epithets- 

 conduct in spring moisten their eggs in hot weather Parish rewards for 

 Vermin Blue torn-tit perishes in winter mode of obtaining food 

 stratagems Birds distinguished by voice Cole mouse variety of notes 

 Long-tailed torn-tit nests journeys eggs labor to feed their young 

 winter food great variety of nests Goldfinch beautiful nests Suffer- 

 ings of the swallow Maternal care of a little blue torn-tit industry 

 Raven scared from its nest faculty of discovering its food univer- 

 sally found duration of life reverence superstitions wearing out 

 duration of animal life aided or injured by man an old horse life of 

 man Crossbill breeds in England Rook suffers in cold and dry seasons 

 his life in the year l-'25 various habits ofdetects grubs in the earth 

 his habits in the spring associations senses Magpie nests habits 

 plunderers of the farm-yardnatural affection Jay conduct of the old 

 birds winter habits feathers shrike nest young kills other birds 

 a sentinel its mischievous disposition Stormy petrel habits Wry- 

 neck its habits Birds annually diminishing Swan-pool, Lincoln 



