CONTENTS. 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. HAUNTS OF THE FERN OWL, .... I 



II. DRIFT, ....... 9 



III. BIRDS OF NIGHT, . . . . .26 



iv. THE FARMER'S FEATHERED FRIENDS, . . 48 



V. THE FINCH FAMILY, . . . . .68 



VI. OUR THRUSHES, . . . . .88 



vii. IN "THE GOOD OLD TIMES,". . . . 106 



VIII. BY THE MILL-STREAM, . . -134 



IX. ON FOWLERS AND WILD-FOWLING, . . .152 



X. THE GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, . . . l8o 



XI. AUTUMN LIGHTS AND SHADES, . . 1 90 



XII. WINTER SHIFTS, . . . . .215 



XIII. THE FAMILY OF WADERS, .... 24! 



XIV. THROUGH FIRS AND HEATHER, . . . 278 



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