CONTENTS 



PACT 



IIOW I BECAME A NATURALIST v l 



A WINTER'S DAY IN THE MARSHES l ^ 



A STORM IN THE MARSHES . . .... 28 



HAUNTS OF THE OTTER . . . . . 37 



THE BADGER ... * 59 



THE Fox 7o 



THE HERON AND ITS HAUNTS ...... 77 



AN AUTUMN RAMBLE IN SURREY IO2 



ROOKS AND THEIR RELATIVES .... 1 1 C 



BIRDS OF PREY. . I ^ 



MARTENS, POLECATS, WEASELS, AND STOATS . . .180 



FRESH-WATER FISHES . . . . 200 



