Contents. 



Part I. 



PAGE 



Holy Island (Lindisfarne) 15 



Holy Island and its Bird Life 17 



Wild Fowl Shooting at Holy Island 27 



Bird Life on the Fame Islands ... ... 30 



A Night of Wild Fowling 38 



A Few Comments on the Sport 43 



How I Became a Naturalist 44 



Bird Migration 52 



Bird Migration from America to Europe 59 



The Power of Flight Possessed by Birds 69 



Comparative Energy in Birds 78 



Faculties of Vision in Birds ... 70 



Bird Characteristics Architecturally 89 



Peculiarities of Birds 95 



Birds in Winter 99 



Faculties of Birds Generally 105 



The Sense of Hearing 107 



Formation of Birds no 



Footless Birds 112 



Birds whose Feet and Legs are Strongly in Evidence 115 



The Superiority of the Female in Natural History 120 



Part II. 



The Little Auk (Mergulus Alle) 123 



The Turnstone (Strepsilas Interpres) ... ... ... ... 124 



The Golden-Eye (Glangula Vulgaris) ... 126 



The Common Shoveller (Anas Aypeata) ... ... ... ... 127 



The Common Pintail (Dalifa Caudacuta) ... 128 



The Knot (Tringa Canutus ... 129 



Richardson's Skua (Lestris Richardsonii) ... ... 131 



The Common Skua (Anas Crecca) 132 



The Eared Grebe (Podiceps Auritus) 134 



The Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps Cristatus) 135 



The Scaup Pochard (Fuligula Gesneri) 137 



The Great Grey Shrike (Lanius Excubitor) 139 



The Terns 141 



The Razor-bill Auk (Alca Torda) 142 



