INDEX. 



Accidents to Birds, Strange, 76, 77, 277 

 Actions of Birds that make Shallow 



Nests, 250 

 Affection, Maternal, of Starling, 49 



of a Common Guillemot, 233 



Ailsa Craig, 225 



, Dangers of, 226 



Architecture of Reed Warbler, 200 



Bass Rock, 224 



Bees, Humble, 138 



, , How they Repair Damage 



to their Nests, 140 



, , Stealing Wrens' Nests, 79 



Beetles Nature's Scavengers, 143 



, Sexton, Burying a Rat, 144 



Bird-food, Searching for, in Winter, 264 



Bird-life in Woods, 151 



Bird Robbery, 67 



Birds, Actions of, that make Shallow 



Nests, 250 

 , Acuteness of Hearing of, 248 



and Favourite Breeding Haunts 64 



Feline Sounds, 251 



Insects, 68 



New Mates, 66 



Severe Frosts, 285 



their Food in Winter 281 



Wooden Eggs, 50 



Attacking Human Beings 237 



Bathing in Winter, 285 



Credulity of, 165 

 Cruelty to, 233 

 Exchanging Young of, 74 

 Hardships of, 264 



How to Feed, in Winter 282 

 Individuality of, 203 

 Intelligence and Affection of 74 



of Broadland, 185 



Different Species Making Use 



of Same Nest, 67 

 , Strange Accidents that Happen to, 



76 

 that Appear to Court Disaster, 62 



do not Sing from Pleasure, 



169 



Steal, 178 



' Wedding Day, 287 



, Vision of, 181, 183 



Blackbird Admiring her Chicks 44 

 , Courtesy of a, 284 



Nesting in a Target Pit, 62 



, Securing a Series of Photographs 



Blackbird's Nest in Tin Can, 63 

 Blackcap, 167 



Bluebottle Fly and Honey, 128 

 Broadland as a Holiday Resort, 184 

 , Birds of. 185 



Bullets, Ricochet, 81 

 Bullfinch a Close Sitter, 176 



Late Breeder, 176 



and Wild Birds' Protection Acts, 



176 



Bullfinches and Bathing, 46 

 Bullhead Catching a Loach 85 

 Bunting, Reed, 188 



, , Habits of, 191 



Butterflies and Dewdrops, 123 



and Honey, 127 



Blue, 124 

 Courtship of, 125 



Difficulties of Photographing, 122 



Peacock, 124 



Red Admiral, 127 



Study of, 122 



Tortoiseshell, 125 



, at Fame Islands, 125 



Butterfly, Brimstone, 128 

 , , and Primroses, 130 



Caterpillars, 137 



and Ragwort, 137 



, Appetites of, 137 



of Eyed Hawk Moth, 138 



Cattle Pond, Stuffed Ox at, 8 



Clothes, Reversible, for Natural History 



Studies, 44, 160 



Cormorant, Diving Habits of, 242 

 , Green, Nervousness of Young, 242 



Soup, 242 



Cormorants at Home, 240 



, Feeding Habits of, 240 



Corncrakes, Habits of, 109 

 Corncrake's Nest, 107 

 Cowardice of Reed Sparrow, 192 

 Credulity of Birds, 165 



Crows, Hooded, and their Food in 



Winter, 277 

 Cruelty to Birds, 233 

 Cuckoos, Ease with which they impose 



upon Small Birds, 51 



, Photographing Adult, 194 



, Plumage of, 196 



Curiosities of Wild Life, 53 

 Curlew and Sheep, 31 

 , Deceiving a, 28 



Eggs, 31 



, Photographing a, 27 



Daisies Asleep and Awake, 90 

 Deceiving Wild Creatures, 1 

 Devastation Wrought by Insects, 137 

 Dipper, Curiosity of a, 24 



, Song of, 23 



Dippers, 22 



