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INDEX. 



KINGFISHER returns, 14 

 KOEL fed by Indian crows, 124 



LADYBIRDS eating plant-lice, 59 



LAMBS in bad weather, 2, 17 ; and 

 hoodies, 21, 38, 39 ; token of 

 spring, 41 ; in fields, 42 ; at 

 play, 43 ; ancestral instinct, 44 



LANDRAILS in corn, 131 ; killed, 

 134 ; staying for winter, 141 



LARCH in December, 201 



LARKS. See SKYLARK 



LESSER GREY SHRIKE seen, 8 



LIFE, tenacious, of egg, 122 ; re- 

 sisting heat and cold, 183 



LILAC buds, 33 



LIME choked with soot, and 

 washed, 105 ; and bees, 1 5 1 



LINNETS dirty nest, 95 ; musical 

 powers, 95, 114 ; song in autumn, 

 165 ; "linnet and lark" of the 

 poets, 165 ; family habits, 200 



LITTLE AUK speedy flier, 143 ; dead 

 on shore, 37 



LITTLE BUNTINGS, arrival of flock 

 of eighteen, 171 



LITTLE OWL shot, 7 



LONG-EARED O\VL, common, 177 ; 

 voice and appearance, 177 



LOOSESTRIFE, 12 



M 



MALLARD. See WILD DUCK. 



MAN and carrion birds, 21, 38 ; 

 birds of prey, 22 ; birds' nests, 

 32 ; and skylark, 36 ; disre- 

 garded by Nature, 91 ; robin 

 familiar with, 91 ; less than dog, 

 92 ; best known to parasites, 92 ; 

 why he shirks bathing, 106 ; 

 animal habits, 107 ; boys and 

 foals, 108 ; stature reduced by 

 chill, 123 ; and intelligence of 

 wasp, 154 ; and owl, 176 



MARCH by the sea, 37 ; lamb or 



lion, 45 



MARSH MARIGOLD, 12 

 I MEADOW PIPIT and Merlin, 22 

 MEADOWSWEET, 12 

 MERLIN, arrival, 161 ; and lark?, 



22 ; and peewit, 23 ; and thrush, 



2 5 

 MICHAELMAS DAISY and insects, 



151. 152 



MIGRATION checked in spring, 54, 

 73, 77 ; diverted, 55 ; regularity 

 of, 55 ; filling up gaps, 56 ; of 

 immature birds, 57 ; returning to 

 same spots, 72 ; causes of, 77 ; of 

 quadrupeds, 78 ; of birds, 78 ; in 

 pairs, 86; order of, 118 ; at end 

 of August, 135 ; effect of winds 

 on, 136, 137 ; and shore gunners, 

 156 ; diary of, 157-164, 168, 170- 

 1 73 ; origin of, 169 ; delayed. 178; 

 ebb and flow of bird life, 196 



MISSEL-THRUSH, quarrelsome, 4 ; 

 and hoodie-crow, 75 ; parties of, 

 93 ; arrival, 137, 158 ; multiply- 

 ing, 195 ; migrating, 196 



MONTAGU'S HARRIER shot, 7 



MOORHEN, nest robbed by stoat, 

 66 ; egg stealer, 68 ; drives away 

 young, 176 



MOSQUITO and trout, 1 1 



MOTHS on sallow blossom, 50 ; 

 maternal instinct of, 128; multi- 

 plication of, 129 ; flying by day 

 in November, 181 



MOUSE at bird-table, 29 ; and barn- 

 owl, 29 ; cleverness, 29 



N 



NATURE, wisdom in sheep, 44 ; dis- 

 regard of man, 91 ; great output 

 of life, 115 ; retarded by chill, 

 123 



NEW YEAR, when is it ? 184 

 NIGHTINGALE, carried westwards, 

 55 ; affinity to robin, 69 ; bold- 

 ness of, 70 ; affinity to blackbird 



