INDEX. 



207 



FLY-CATCHER, PIED, seeking mate, 

 72 



, COMMON, migration delayed, 



77 ; arrival, 87 ; sign of summer, 

 87 ; habits, 88 j wandering, 136 ; 

 departure, 143, 158, 160 



FOWL killed by hedgehog, 67 ; 

 eating young partridge, 68 ; ma- 

 ternal instinct, 125 



FROG dead among little fish, 12 



GAMEKEEPER in nesting season, 64 ; 



and partridges, 98, 1 20, 122; and 



otters, 15 



GANNET, longevity of, 84 

 GEESE, WILD, as signs of weather, 



193 



GNATS, birth of, 10 ; and trout, II ; 

 in winter, 51, 184 



GOLDCRESTS migrating, 56 



GOLDEN ORIELES in Cornwall, 146 



GOLDFINCHES, pretty parties of, 

 116, 127 



GOLDT AIL MOTH protects eggs, 130 



GREENFINCHES migrating, 158; 

 and bur-reeds, 1 6 



GREEN WOODPECKER seekingmate, 

 72 ; return, 126 



GREY SHRIKES, different kinds of, 

 8 



GUILLEMOT, dead on shore, 37 ; 

 longevity of, 145 ; danger of ex- 

 tinction, 145 



GULLS and dead birds, 37 ; scaven- 

 gers, 38 ; immature remain in 

 spring, 57 ; egg-stealing and 

 plover, 75 ; arrival, 147 ; worried 

 by late harvest, 148; robs pee- 

 wits, 148 



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HARE, dodging, 23 ; in spring, 32 ; 

 less seen in April, 59 ; leverets in 

 corn, 131 ; memories of partridge 

 "drive," 132; leveret killed by 

 cutters, 134 



HARVEST revolution for wild life, 

 131 ; terrors of, 132 



HAWK entering hedge, 126 ; return, 

 126; many misses, 153; lonely 

 life, 197 



HAZEL, flowering of, 49 



HAWFINCH growing commoner ; 

 and peas, 146 



HAWTHORN, self-protecting, 3 ; 

 useful, 30 



HEDGEHOG, offences and merits of, 



67 ; in corn, 131 



' HEDGE-SPARROW at bird-table, 26 ; 

 nesting, 33 ; migrating, 161 ; in 

 December, 20 1 



HERON fishing, 153 ; in lonely land- 

 scape, 197 



HERRING-, GULL, immature egg- 

 stealing, 75 



HOLLY and birds, 2, 3 1 



HOODIE-CROWS and rabbit-shoot- 

 ing, 19 ; and beetles, 19 ; and 

 cockles, 20 ; and lambs, 21, 39 ; 

 and dead birds, 34, 37, 38 ; and 

 turnips, 38 ; egg-stealing, 39, 75 ; 

 and scarecrows, 40; arrival, 159, 

 162, 168, 173 



HOOPOE, welcome visitor, 7 



HORSE, foals at play, 108 



HOUSE-MARTINS delayed, 73 ; late 

 return, 85 ; and sparrows, 85 ; 

 migrate in pairs, 86 ; building, 

 86 ; fighting, 86 ; to secure peace 

 for, 87 ; assembly, 137 ; lingering, 

 144, 158, 159, 163; returning, 

 164; foreigners, 179 

 ; HOVERER FLIES, 152 



INSECTS on Michaelmas daisies, 151 

 INSTINCT, aberrations of, 125 

 IVY and birds, 30, 31 



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JACKDAWS migrating, 56, 158, 168, 

 171 ; thieves, 148 ; numerous, 

 195 



