CONTENTS 



xvii. 'TWIXT SPRING AND SUMMER 



XVIII. THE BLACK-BACKED GULL. 



JUNE 



103 

 112 



JULY 



XXVI. SUMMER-TIDE IN A HIGHLAND FOREST . . . .150 



XXVJI. THE VALLEY OF ENCHANTMENT 171 



AUGUST 



XXVIII. DITTANY 194 



xxix. THE DEATH'S-HEAD MOTH 195 



XXX. THE VOICE OF ATROPOS 197 



SEPTEMBER 



XXXI. A SCOTTISH BLOOD-FEUD 200 



XXXII. AN UNSUCCESSFUL STALK 224 



XXXIII. THE GROWING EVIL OF COLLECTORS 227 



XXXIV. PROGRESSIVE INTELLIGENCE IN BEES . . . .231 

 XXXV. BUMBLE-BEES 233 



OCTOBER 



XXXVI. SPIDEKS 236 



XXXVII. THE WEB ;..'. 237 



XXXVIII. MESSALINA OF THE MESHES 240 



