CONTENTS 



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I. IS ANIMAL LIFE SACRED ? 1 



II. WILLIAM SCROPE 7 



III. SCIENCE IN WANT OF A COMMON LANGUAGE . . 14 



IV. PROTECTIVE COLORATION . . . . . 15 

 V. A NEW EAGLE , , . . . . > . 18 



VI. THE SNOWDROP . . . .... . 20 



VII. GORSE AND GROMWELL . . . . . . 21 



VIII. FROSTED HEATHER . . . . . . . 22 



IX. THE BADGER . 24 



X. MERCY IN FIELD SPORTS 27 



XI. WINTER NOTES . . 32 



XII. FOWLS OF THE AIR 37 



XIIA. RABBIT- PROOF PLANTS . . 48 



XIII. A MILD WINTER 49 



XIV. THE CURLEW SANDPIPER 51 



XV. FUDDLING CHUB 52 



XVI. FROM A HIGHLAND STRATH . . . . . . 53 



XVII. THE PASSING OF WINTER 56 



XVIII. SPRING SALMON . . . ' 60 



XIX. THE YEW . .. . 66 



XX. FLOWERLESS PLANTS 68 



XXI. THE MOLE 71 



XXII. A BLANK DAY'S FISHING . . ... 7 



XXIII. WHEN DAFFODILS BEGIN TO PEER 83 



