Index 



401 



Heron, 44, 199. 

 Hibernating birds, 293. 

 Highest road in Wales, 127. 

 Highland keepers, 121. 



and Welsh, 124. 

 Hobby, 300. 

 Hounds, Stoats as, 231. 

 Humid climate, 151. 

 Humming-birds, 296. 

 Hybrid fish, 37. 



ducks, 41. 



Iceland moss, 278. 



Ichneumon flies, 64. 



Immature birds breeding, 166, 393. 



Increase, rate of, in birds, 68. 



in insects, 64, 197, 303. 

 Insects, 64, 79, 84-88, 197, 301-304. 

 Intelligence in birds, 189, 217. 

 Iron Duns, 301. 



Jackdaw, 189, 191, 193, 195. 

 Jack Snipe, 101. 

 Jay, 193, 194, 239. 

 Jenny Spinners, 301. 



Keepers' Rails, 132, 221, 389, 396. 

 Kestrel, 56, 143, 187, 212, 216, 287, 



356, 393- 



and Swallow, 57. 

 King Arthur, relics of, 98. 



spirit of, 149. 

 Kingfisher, 283. 

 King of birds, 147. 

 Kite, 146, 229. 



Lakelet, 106. 

 Lake trout, 22, 

 Lake Vyrnwy, 113. 

 Landmarks, 391. 



removal of, 16. 



Land Rail, 50, 161, 258, 286, 384. 

 Landslide, effect of, 101. 

 Lapwing (see Green Plover). 

 Lark, 161, 258. 



Wood, 237. 



Lawn-keeper's best friend, 154. 

 Lead ore, 228, 393. 

 Leather-jackets, 254. 

 Legends, 19, 59, 60, 128, 161, 344, 373, 



392. 



Lessons to young birds, 133, 134. 

 Lichens as food, 277. 



dried up and still alive, 78. 



and mosses, 120. 



Life of birds, term of, 69, 184, 203. 



tenacity of, 219. 

 Lightning, tree struck by, 282. 

 Lime, some uses of, 180, 254. 

 Linnet, 161, 285, 378. 

 Little Dee, 59. 



Liverpool's water supply, 113. 

 Lizards, 114, 375. 

 Llanderfel, 19. 

 Llangowr, 176. 

 Llanuwchllyn, I. 



Church of, 18. 

 Llan-y-cil, 39. 

 Llanwddyn Road, 143. 

 Llyn Lliwbran, 229. 

 Llyn Tegid, 18. 

 Loach, 381. 

 Long names, n. 

 Love-songs, strange, 81. 

 Lucky birds, 198. 

 Lywarch Hen, 144. 



Maggots, 219. 



Magpie, 55, 97, 189, 192, 194, 373. 



Mallwyd Church, 236. 



ghost at, 235. 

 Mange in foxes, 342. 

 Marsh Tit, 285. 

 Marten, 333. 

 Martin, 285, 286, 300. 



Sand, 198, 283, 300, 304. 

 Marvels of Nature, 296, 361. 

 Master and dog, understanding between, 



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Mavis, 104. 

 Mawddwy, 247. 

 May flies, 117. 

 Melody, bird, 275. 

 Merle, 104. 



Merlin, 130, 212, 287, 289, 300. 

 Mesmeric influence in animals, 232, 



352. 



Meteor, a bird, 55. 

 Mice, field, 159, 179, 

 Midge grass, 257. 

 Midge or midgy, 87. 

 Midges, 84. 



as weather prophets, 88. 

 Migration of birds, 71, 106, 281. 



local, 273, 362. 



of insects, 63. 

 Mile-stone, an old, 16. 

 Milk, a brook of, 344. 

 Miller's thumb, 25. 

 Mimicry, protective, 97. 

 Mimics, bird, 285. 

 Minerals, 59, 228, 393. 

 Minnows, 28, 29. 



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