CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . ix 



DECEIVING WILD CREATURES i 



SOME CURIOSITIES OF WILD LIFE 53 



BIRDS OF MOORLAND, LOCH, AND TARNSIDE . . 91 



INSECTS AND OTHER SMALL DEER AT WORK AND PLAY 121 

 BIRDS OF WOODLAND AND HEDGEROW . . . . 151 

 BIRDS OF BROADLAND AND STREAMSIDE . . . .184 

 FRAGMENTS FROM THE SEASHORE . * . . .224 



WINTER SHIFTS How FEATHERED FOLK FARE DURING 



SEVERE WEATHER . . . -263 



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