INDEX 



Adder, 376. 



Additions to fauna, 290. 

 Advent of Spring, 79, 96. 

 Affection amongst birds, 275. 

 Agricultural crops, 12. 



improvements, 16. 



problems, 197. 

 Agriculture, 3. 



changes of tenancy, 9. 



curiosities of, 4, 14, 15. 



laborious, 128. 



relation of cost to returns, 254. 

 Albinos, increase of, 291. 

 Ancient habitations, 227. 

 Anglers' Book at Vyrnwy, 1 1 6. 



Invitation, 174. 

 Angler using larger baits, 25. 

 Ants, 362. 

 Aquatic sheep, 107. 

 Arthur, relics of King, 98. 



spirit of, 149. 

 Ash, Weeping, 102. 

 Avon Fechan, 125. 



Badgers, 318. 

 Bala Lake, 18, 39. 



excellence of its fish, 37. 



wildfowl on, 39. 

 Balance of Nature, 290, 303. 

 Barmouth, 59. 

 Barrows, British, 115. 

 Bat, Daubenton's, 308. 



Long-eared, 306. 



Noctule, 311. 



Pipistrelle, 306. 

 Bats, 302, 305. 

 Beetles, 88, 131, 223, 237, 243, 256, 



315, 356- . 



Berries, Destruction of, by birds, 105. 

 Big Stone Pool, 379. 

 Bird-catchers, 378. 

 Birds, affection for one another, 275. 



breeding in immature plumage, 393. 



carrying young, 170, 269. 



courtship of, 274. 



driving away their young, 211. 



feigning lameness, 172. 



398 



Birds, getting new mates, 393. 



ground building, 159. 



frequently building in trees or rocks, 

 132. 



need no teaching to fly, 295-298. 



non-breeding, 205. 



pairing for life, 273. 



power of smelling, 215. 



rate of increase and death in, 68. 



recognising a distant friend, 200. 



remaining on nest, 262. 



returning to old nesting sites, 211. 



song of, 275. 



teaching young to fly, 133, 134. 



term of life in, 69, 184. 

 Birds of prey carrying booty, 130, 240, 



351. 369- 

 Bitter milk, 2. 



Blackbird, 35, 103, 161, l8l. 

 Black-game, 118. 

 Blindworm, 376. 

 Bloodworms, 85. 

 Bluebells, 392. 

 Blue merle collies, 5. 

 Bogs, 121. 

 Borth, 234. 

 Bottomless pit, 322. 

 Braken Clock, 243. 

 Brambles, 114. 

 Brambling, 288. 

 Breams, 37. 

 Buarthmeini, 374. 

 Bullfinch, 287. 

 Bullhead, 25. 

 Bulls, 13, 231. 

 Bunting, Reed, 280. 

 Yellow, i6r, 287. 

 Buried seeds, 115. 

 Butterflies, 84, III, 114, 131, 182,286, 



376. 

 Buzzard, 56, 94, 120, 128, 133, 212, 216, 



228, 239, 248, 324, 345, 354, 395. 

 harmlessness of, 56, 253. 



Caergai, 98. 



Calcium, 181. 



Call of the wild, a, 251. 



