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WILD SWANS - - - 225 



MOUNTAIN BIRDS - . 231 



BRITISH WILD PIGEONS * 243 



OUR HERONRY - .- 255 



WOOD-DWELLERS 



I. BADGERS - 26l 



II. THE WEASEL FAMILY - - '265 



MOUNTAIN FOXES - 269 



NATURE'S WEATHER PROPHETS - - 277 



THE HAUNT OF THE ANCHORITE - - 285 



NUTS - 291 



MY MOUNTAIN GARDEN - 299 



