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I. BIRD MIGRATION 1 



II. THE POWER OF BIRDS TO ENDURE COLD ... 7 



III. A LAKE SANCTUARY ....... 8 



IV. THE CANADIAN POND- WEED . .... . 11 



V. THE SHOVELLER . . . . . . 14 



VI. THE SCAUP DUCK . . ... . . 15 



VII. THE GREAT CRESTED GREBE 16 



VIII. SPRING SALMON . . . ... . 18 



IX. WINTER FLOWERS . . . . . . . 21 



X. WEST COAST METEOROLOGY 23 



XI. THE BOTTLE-TIT . . .'.'. . . 26 



XII. FEATHERED POLICE 28 



XIII. REVIVAL OF PRIMITIVE FAUNA .... 29 



XIV. ANGLO-SAXON MONTH NAMES 32 



XV. THE RIVER OF^THOR . . . . . . 33 



XVI. A WINTER DAY IN CAITHNESS ..... 35 



XVII. RAVENING ROOKS . . . . . . . 37 



XVIII. ROBERT DICK . . . . . . . . 40 



XIX. SNOWED UP . . .'.'< . . . 42 



XX. THE HIGHLANDS IN WINTER . . . . . 45 



XXI. THE FROZEN RIVER . . . . . . . 47 



XXII. THE FOES OF SALMON . . . . . . 48 



XXIII. THE SMELT . . . . , . . 49 



XXIV. A NORTH-COUNTRY HALL . . . . ^ : . . 52 

 XXV. WRECK AMONG ROOKS . . -. : . . . 57 



