402 



Wild Life in Wales 



Missel Thrush, 35, 103, 393. 

 Moles, 89, 160, 252, 258. 



price of skins, 94. 

 Moraine heap, a modern, 101. 

 Morning on the mountain, 127. 

 Mosquitoes, 86. 



Moths, 62, 77, 96, 97, 108-111, 131, 

 183, 206, 299, 359. 



enemies of, and increase, 64. 



immigration of, 63. 



manufacture of, 65. 

 Moult, 1 66, 241, 352, 

 Mountain Ash, 120. 



dew, 3. 



Finch, 288. 

 Mountains, morning on the, 127. 



Spring on the, 79. 

 Mulberry leaf and silk dress, 64. 

 Mummy wheat, 115. 



Names, long, n. 



Nannaw, 60. 



Native trees and shrubs, 114. 



Natural spread of vegetation, 1 52. 



Nature a stoic, 220. 



balance of, 290, 303. 



marvels of, 296, 361. 



puzzles of, 141, 220, 227. 

 Nature's care of her children, 303. 



drainers, 89. 



engineering schemes, 120. 



most perfect production, 303. 



scavengers, 219, 253. 



workshop, 65. 

 Nest-building, 347, 373. 

 Nests in unusual situations, 132, 159. 



on railway banks, 169. 

 Nettles a relic of human habitation, 



391- 



Newts, 107. 

 Nightjar, 287, 302, 356. 

 Nightjar's song, 126. 

 Noah's curse, 207. 

 No English, i. 

 Non-breeding birds, 205. 

 Nuthatch, 236, 364. 

 Nuts, 62. 



Oak, an ancient, 60. 



Oaks, age of, 61. 



Oatcakes, 2. 



October, 115. 



Oriental carelessness, 294. 



Osprey, 297. 



Otters, 319. 



Outlaw, burial place of an, 128. 



Owl, Brown, 187, 242. 



Long-eared, 135, 245. 



Short-eared, 246. 



Owl, White, 176, 235, 286. 

 Owls, 94, 147, 304. 



taking Bat on wing, 312. 

 Oystercatcher, 263, 264, 280, 291. 



Packhorse bridges, 225, 247. 



Pain animals suffer, 220. 



Pairing for life amongst birds, 273. 



Pancakes, 2. 



Pant Gwen, 58. 



Parasitical worms, 240, 363. 



Partridges, 25, 80, 161, 257, 351. 



Peat, growth of, 226, 375. 



Perch, 28, 29. 



Peregrine, 55, 134, 142, 212, 232, 249, 



366, 394- 



Petrel, Leach's, 291. 

 Petrels, 291. 



Pheasant, 83, 161, 176, 195, 258. 

 Picture of Peace, 127. 

 Pigeons, 366. 



homing, 368. 

 Pike, 24, 26, 28, 35. 



Pipit, Meadow, 20, 130, 131, 160, 182, 

 213, 227, 368. 



Moor (see Meadow). 



Tree, 161, 162, 182, 237. 

 Planting, for game or profit, 337. 



tasteful, 114. 



Plants, varieties of, 150, 155. 

 Ploughing, 128. 



extraordinary, 14. 



Plover, Golden, 262, 270, 282, 283, 

 286. 



Green, 80, 281, 282. 



Ringed, 263, 291. 

 Plovers, 80, 99, 258, 281, 355. 

 Plumage, abnormal, 238, 291. 



changes of, 70, 270, 276, 278, 365, 



396. 



Poo. annua, 154. 

 Poacher's conscience, 218. 

 Pochards, 40. 



Poisoning vermin, 137, 222. 

 Polecat, 121, 123, 336. 

 Pole-traps, 383. 

 Pollen, distribution of, 360. 

 Poultry, 2. 



losses of, by vermin, 122, 387. 

 Poultry thief, 122. 

 Producers and consumers, 180. 

 Protected nesting areas, 160. 

 Protective colouring, 78, 97, 366. 

 Pupa-digging, 93. 

 Puzzles in Nature, some, 141, 220, 227. 



Quartz, 102, 393. 

 Queer tastes, 49, 390. 

 Quern, 129. 



