viii CONTENTS 



APRIL 



PAGE 



XVI. PROTECTIVE COLOUR 54 



XVII. THE BORROWING DATS 60 



XVIII. THE WATERSIDE FOR ME ! ..... 62 



XIX. SPRING SALMON 66 



XX. SALMON HATCHERIES ARE THEY USEFUL? . . 68 



XXI. MONTENEGRO 71 



MAY 



XXII. BIRCH AND BEECH ....... 98 



XXIII. LONDON BIRDS ........ 103 



XXIV. SPRING FLOWERS 109 



XXV. FALCON AND HERON . . . . . .114 



XXVI. BAD TIMES FOR PEEWITS. . . . . .115 



XXVII. BIRDS FROM THE LIFE 116 



XXVIII. THE KING OF THE HERRINGS 120 



JUNE 



XXIX. HOW YOUNG WATERHENS LEARN TO SWIM . . 125 



XXX. SQUILLS ......... 126 



XXXI. TWO GOOD NATURALISTS GONE . . . .129 



XXXII. PARENTAL DEVOTION OF BIRDS .... 131 



XXXIII. THE EVIL SUMMER OF 1907 135 



XXXIV. RURAL PLACE-NAMES 138 



JULY 



XXXV. THE PRIMROSE FAMILY 144 



XXXVI. DEATH-DEALING FLOWERS 150 



XXXVII. THE LUMPSUCKER ... 155 



